Valtteri Bottas: With new products everything doesn’t look so bad

On the first day of the weekend in Vegas, Valtteri Bottas set an 11th fastest time, and his Sauber teammate Guanyu Zhou was 16th…

Valtteri Bottas (11th): “The new products we brought this weekend are working as expected, allowing us to improve the efficiency of the cars – this is positive. It’s always hard to say what positions we’ll be in tomorrow, but things don’t look as bad as before.

Losing five places on the grid due to a penalty is unpleasant, but I will do my best in qualifying to be as high on the scoresheet as possible.

We will now focus on improving our pace during the qualifying rounds and improving our race pace, which has been our weak point recently.”

Guanyu Zhou (16th): “During the training we managed to collect a large amount of information, although the grip on the asphalt was extremely low. And although the track conditions improve with each session, braking still feels like you’re on skates.

We have tried different settings, but have not yet found the optimal balance. We will work on this with the team. I know what I need from the car, and if we can find the right path, its potential will be revealed. The conditions are challenging, especially in some corners, which makes the challenge even greater. I’m looking forward to qualifying tomorrow, anything can happen.”