Valtteri Bottas: The most important thing is Sunday’s race

On Friday, Valtteri Bottas made it through the second part of qualifying for the sprint, and Guanyu Zhou dropped out of the race in the first…

Valtteri Bottas (13th): “Today’s result is better than our average positions this season; After reaching the second part of qualifying, we took another small step forward. The results are very tight, we are still at the back, so I hope we can break into the top ten tomorrow afternoon.

Of course we will try to do our best in the sprint, but we will concentrate on the main race, where we will try to take advantage of all the opportunities.”

Zhou Guanyu (19th): “I was close in the second session – the car behaved well. Unfortunately we made a mistake with the timing of the last lap: we waited too long in the pit lane, which caused us to get stuck in a traffic jam at the start of the lap. That’s a shame, because after losing in the first corners compared to the previous round, I was able to gain back in the last seven tenths.

The track conditions proved difficult: the strong wind made it difficult to control the car in high-speed corners. Let’s see what happens tomorrow.”