F1 | Bottas: “It seemed as if I had a different car to Hamilton's”

Valtteri Bottas he failed to qualify as well as his teammate Lewis Hamilton. In the Malaysian Grand Prix the Finn will only start in fifth position on the starting grid, thus disappointing expectations with a significant gap from his team of almost 8 tenths.

“This morning we managed to improve compared to yesterday, as was already seen in Q2, where our times were excellent. Unfortunately in Q3 it didn't go as we thought, it was as if my car was completely different from that of Hamilton. In the end it went well for him and not for me, I don't know what else to say. I'm certainly not happy with what happened,” commented Bottas after the end of qualifying. The Finn chose to use the new aerodynamic configuration unlike Hamilton who remained with the old one, and this didn't seem to have worked very well: "It's easy to talk with hindsight, but if I could do qualifying again I think I would too I would opt for the old package that Lewis has. We need to review everything and understand what the real differences were between the two configurations. The gap in Q3 was impressive, we will have to check again to understand what happened in the car,” commented number 77.

The pilot of the Mercedes he wants to have an attacking race, given his points in the standings and the possibility of still fighting for the championship. Vettel's comeback doesn't seem to worry him: "The hope is to have a good race thanks to a good pace, we have to keep the two Ferraris behind us, aiming for the podium or even a one-two with Hamilton's other Mercedes", concluded Bottas .

Fabiola Granier