F1 | Bottas: “My best performances are yet to come”

The pilot of the Mercedes he stated that he expected to come into the summer break in a better position to fight for the world title.

However, the Finn surprised everyone on his debut with the German team: victory after just four races, another triumph in Austria and another six podiums. Valtteri Bottas he is currently third in the world championship, 33 points behind Sebastian Vettel and 19 from Lewis Hamilton.

“I was hoping to be in a better position -said the Finnish a Espn.co.uk- and even if we are doing well in the constructors' classification, we have had some negative races and this is not ideal for a team like ours which always has to win. I think there are still many things I need to improve on together with the team but I'm sure that the second part of the championship will be better for me, and my results are still to come.".

With three victories in four races between June and July, Mercedes seems to have resolved the problems of the first part of the season and currently dominates the constructors' championship with a 39-point advantage over the Ferrari. Bottas is confident that the German team will be able to continue in this direction but it is important to have consistency:

“I think for the next two races we should be favorites over the Ferraris, but they have made some progress so we have some work to do. They are fast in the corners and we need to focus on the aerodynamic package; we are working hard to try to make the car even more competitive because if we don't make progress, the season becomes more complicated".

Jessica Cortellazzi