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2020 FIA Formula One World Championship
2020 Italian Grand Prix
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Italy
Sunday, 6 September 2020
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas will be hoping to record his second win of the 2020 season at the
Italian Grand Prix title on September 06.
The Finnish driver has never won this race, but he came close to winning it last year as he finished second following an enthralling race.
Bottas has consistently secured a podium finish in the Italian Grand Prix in recent years having finished second in the last three races in Monza.
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Last year's race was won by Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc with Bottas' teammate Lewis Hamilton finishing third.
Bottas won the first race of the 2020 season (Austrian Grand Prix), but he finished second at the most recent one which was the Belgian Grand Prix on August 30.
However, the 30-year-old remains third on the World Drivers' Championship standings having accumulated 107 points from seven races.
The reigning Formula One world champion Hamilton is placed at the top of the standings with 157 points, while second-placed Max Verstappen of Red Bull has 110 points.
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Bottas will move into second place behind Hamilton if finishes above Verstappen at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.
The Nastola-born driver admitted that Hamilton was simply better than him in Belgium, but he is keen to win the upcoming races.
"Of course at the start it would have been a good opportunity. But I think Lewis played it pretty well, he wasn't too fast out of turn one so I couldn't really get going to get him," Bottas said.
"Same thing in the restart, I just couldn't really catch him in the straights. With Lewis driving pretty much mistake free, it was tricky.
"Lewis was faultless today, and yesterday, at least it was a clean weekend for me. We had no big issues, but I want those race wins."
Mercedes are placed at the top of Constructors' standings followed by second-placed Red Bull and third-placed McLaren-Renault.
2019 Italian Grand Prix results
Winner: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
Runner-Up: Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes
Third-Place: Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
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