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Bottas say race pace marginally improved in 2020
Valtteri Bottas' results in 2020 fell short of the Mercedes driver's own expectations, but the Finn nevertheless believes he improved his race pace during the year. Bottas added just two wins to his career tally in F1 last season against Lewis Hamilton's track record of ten victories that delivered a seventh world title to the Briton. Bottas was rarely a match for his Mercedes teammate on Sundays while he was a lot closer in qualifying, securing five pole positions overall. Yet the 31-year-old believes he improved his race pace relative to Hamilton throughout the 2020 season. "It was extremely close many, many times this year and even in the top three as well," Bottas said....
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