Bottas: “Vettel was faster, but I managed to defend myself”

He would have liked to get more from the Bahrain GP, ​​but the discreet haul of 13 points still reassured Williams and its ranking considering the sudden failure of a sensor on the FW37 at the start. Sponge.

“It was frustrating having to sprint from the pit lane,” he said Felipe, 10th – The car struggled to start and once it started I had to fight a lot to get back up. After a few laps, at turn 4, Maldonado hit me, damaging something. From that moment on it was difficult to manage the rear. However, one point is better than none."

“I am satisfied with the race and the final fourth place – he said Valtteri Bottas – I ran a fairly solitary race, only the last twenty laps were tough. Vettel was faster than me and in fact he closed the gap in a very short time. In any case, I managed to defend myself and I had fun."

Chiara Rainis