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Valtteri Bottas says he is focusing on his Q3 performance at the Monaco Grand Prix, after missing out on pole by a very small margin in 2019.
The Finn is entering the Monaco Grand Prix weekend ready to make up for missing out on pole in 2019 due to a small mistake in the last corner.
“In 2019, I missed the pole by less than a tenth and it was all in the last corner,” Bottas said.
“In the last corner I had a bit of understeer and went too wide on the kerb and then I upshifted and had wheelspin on the kerb and the shift got downgraded and it was so annoying.
“I knew that after that, winning the race… I made it not impossible, but nearly.
“I’m already really looking forward to Q3; the last few qualifying [sessions] have been good so I need to make sure I peak in Q3, not Q1 or Q2.
“So it’s going to be a lot about building it up through the practice and maximising the learning in practice and trying to put it all together in Q3.
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“It’s going to be close, we don’t know the gaps between us and Red Bull, but I believe as a team we have a package we can fight for the pole and then for the win.
“So it’s all going to be about those fine details, and I look forward to it.”
The Finn believes this year’s winner is going to be determined by small margins.
“It seems like we do have a strong package, but the margins, you know, they have been so small, and especially compared to Red Bull, we feel like on paper it’s probably a good track for Red Bull.
“So we’re excited to see where we are, we don’t know yet, but we’ve been working hard since Barcelona to prepare for this unique Grand Prix in terms of what it needs from the car set-up as well.
“We come here well prepared and ready to fight and I think it’s going to be small margins as we’ve seen and we shall see,” concluded Valtteri.
