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Bottas almost lost second on the line after critical fuel situation

15:50, 11 Jun 2018

byJake Williams-Smith

Valtteri Bottas says he almost lost second place to Max Verstappen on the start-finish straight. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is always tough on fuel and Bottas found out on Sunday, saying his fuel situation was "critical"

Bottas did finish second after making the pass on Verstappen on the opening lap at turn two, but his hard work was almost undone in the final laps.

"Everyone had to save fuel but I think Ferrari had pace in hand so they could start fuel-saving in the first stint," said Bottas.

"At that time we were trying to push and get closer to them and worry about it later.

"We used quite a bit of fuel in the first stint so I had to save quite a lot in the second stint.

"I don't think I finished with any fuel at the end of the race, even (with) the big lift just before the start-finish line, which is why Max got really close because we were so critical on fuel."