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Bottas: Disappointing, I had to abort my final lap

Valterri Bottas owned Mugello throughout free practice, but on Saturday his chance of beating Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to pole was scuppered when a yellow flag in the first sector, where he was during the final run in Q3 and he had to come off the gas. Thus pole position for Sunday's first Tuscan Grand Prix will go to Hamilton, the World Champion's 95th top spot start. However, Bottas was adamant pole would have been his had errant Esteban Ocon not spun his Renault as the final shootout was about to unfold. The Finn said afterwards, 'It's disappointing to miss out on pole, especially by such a small margin and after I had to abort my final lap. The yellow flags definitely hampered...
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