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Bottas Admits Mercedes ‘Didn't Have Enough Pace' To Catch Vettel

Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport‘s Valtteri Bottas admitted he couldn't create the pace to challenge Canadian Grand Prix winner Sebastian Vettel for the win. The Silver Arrows arrived into the weekend having to delay their engine upgrade until the next round in France, meaning both Bottas and team-mate Lewis Hamilton had to run older engines for the weekend where their rivals ran their upgraded engines. Despite this, Bottas was able to produce a strong qualifying and race, starting and finishing second overall whilst holding off Aston Martin Red Bull Racing‘s Max Verstappen at the start of the race. Bottas said that the pace Mercedes gave today wasn't enough to catch Vettel for...
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