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2020 FIA Formula One World Championship
2020 Russian Grand Prix
Sochi Autodrom
Sochi, Russia
Sunday, 27 September 2020
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas will be hoping to secure a win at the
Russian Grand Prix on September 27.
The Finnish driver came close to winning the Russian Grand Prix for the second time last year as he finished second following an entertaining race.
Bottas won his maiden Russian Grand Prix title in 2017 when he finished ahead of Ferrari duo of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen.
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Last year's race was won by Bottas' teammate Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc finished third.
Bottas also finished second at the recent Tuscan Grand Prix which was won by Hamilton, while Red Bull's Alexander Albon secured a third spot finish.
The 31-year-old is now placed second on the World Drivers' Championship standings having accumulated 135 points.
The reigning Formula One world champion Hamilton is placed at the top of the standings with 190 points, while second-placed Max Verstappen of Red Bull has 110 points.
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Bottas reflected on finishing behind Hamilton at the Tuscan Grand Prix as the race for Formula One world title continues.
“It feels like we had three races today. The first part was really good – but it was pretty short," Bottas said.
"Once I lost the position to Lewis, it was really tricky to get it back... Obviously I tried everything I could. The middle stint, I was pushing really hard behind him, just trying to maintain a good distance.
"But obviously when you’re behind, you need to slide the car more in the corners, so I ran out of tyres at the end and we had to go on the hard tyre," he added.
“On the second restart, I just felt like on the left-hand side, there were a little bit of marbles so the start was pretty bad, lost one position but managed to gain it back, so I was trying at the end. But there was not much more I could have done.”
Mercedes are still placed at the top of Constructors' standings followed by second-placed Red Bull and third-placed McLaren-Renault.
2019 Russian Grand Prix results
Winner: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
Runner-Up: Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes
Third-Place: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
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