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Bottas hopes pole 'the first of many'

– Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas delighted in his first career pole position as he narrowly edged team-mate Lewis Hamilton during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.Bottas, having qualified third for the opening two rounds of the season, turned the tables at Sakhir, beating Hamilton by just 0.023s during the final stages of Q3.It was Bottas' first pole position in Formula 1, and his first since his title-winning GP3 campaign in 2011."I'm obviously really happy, it's my first pole in my career, my fifth season now in Formula 1 so it took a few races but we got it, and hopefully it's the first of many," he said."We've made really good job this weekend to focus on the...
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