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Bottas unhappy with aggressive Maldonado

Williams' Pastor Maldonado finished 16th with Valtteri Bottas 17th in today's Japanese Grand Prix. Both drivers had a solid start and drove a good race with a lot of midfield battles taking place. Pastor overtook Valtteri on the last lap to secure sixteenth position. Xevi Pujolar, Chief Race Engineer: 'It was a good clean start and first lap from both drivers. We were racing the Toro Rosso's and the Force India's and aiming for a two-stop strategy. We stuck to strategy but needed to be more aggressive in the second stint to keep them behind so in the end we weren't able to hold them off. Ultimately our pace wasn't good enough. This circuit is hard on tyres and our tyre life was on the limit...
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