Bottas: “There is still a lot of time to go”

In Sochi, the boss is called Valtteri Bottas, For now. While waiting for the most important deadlines of the weekend, the pilot Mercedes easily dominated the two free practice sessions.

In quick succession, the Finn signed the best times, also escaping the pitfalls of the Sochi autodrome unlike some of his counterparts. “ FP1 was quite choppy and I destroyed a set of tires after a big blockage. We were able to make up for it with a lot of driving in the afternoon.

I didn't manage to line up three perfect sectors, including on my best lap. There is room to improve. The track conditions were quite tricky today. This is the reason why we saw a lot of drivers making deviations »

Certainly happy with his domination during the first two driving sessions of the weekend, Valtteri Bottais did not seem entirely satisfied with his performance.

« We were very good in the first two sectors but the car's behavior was a little nervous in the third portion. There's still a lot of time to go ».

Quite the opposite of Lewis Hamilton, comfortable in this famous third sector in Sochi but in distress in the first two sections. “ My performance in Free Practice 1 was rather bad. I suffered a wheel lock with my first set of soft tires and had to switch to hard compounds. Overall, it was a session to forget.

FP2 went better but it was a little lacking in the 1st and 2nd sector. The 3rd sector is well mastered but we have not managed to put everything together. I need to improve two or three things both in terms of driving and settings. ". At work.