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Bottas: Small margins and tow key to Azerbaijan GP pole

Valtteri Bottas believes getting a vital tow during his final qualifying lap was vital to hand him pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. In a repeat front row from the last race in China, Bottas will start from pole position for Mercedes thanks to his last Q3 lap of 1m 40.495s which saw him edge out Hamilton by just 0.059s. Having overhauled a deficit to Ferrari, which expanded to almost 1.5s after FP3, Bottas feels he got his final run hooked up perfectly but the key was gaining a tow off the McLaren of Lando Norris directly in front of him in the run down the long Baku City Circuit straight. “I am really happy for pole, it is a nice...
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