News Details

Valtteri Bottas: 'I was hoping for a bit better result'

Valtteri Bottas admitted he was hoping to qualify higher up the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix, but the Williams Martini Racing driver was forced to settle for seventh. The Finnish driver's time of 1m23.522s was just over 1.5 seconds back on the pole position time set my Mercedes AMG PETRONAS driver Lewis Hamilton during Saturday’s qualifying session, and although disappointed with his grid position, he was happy with his lap during the final phase of qualifying that took him to seventh. Bottas admitted it was a shame for team-mate Felipe Massa to be eliminated during the first phase of qualifying and to qualify down eighteenth position, and is hopeful both he and his Brazilian...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Spanish GP Driver Previews – Williams

Spanish Grand Prix – Ahead of the Spanish round of the 2016...
9y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Bottas qualified seventh and Massa 18th for the...

Rob Smedley: "Overall it’s a disappointing qualifying...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Bottas: I do not have any information about next year

Valtteri Bottas is not ruling out playing a role in the 2017 Formula 1...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

2016 Spanish Grand Prix – Saturday Post...

DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...

Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Feature: RLL’s split fortunes in Barber highlight...

At the most recent IndyCar race from Barber Motorsports Park, Graham...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Thierry Neuville crashes out of Croatia lead in final...

A dramatic WRC Rally Croatia kept the biggest shock for the Wolf Power...

Thierry on top in Croatia

Thierry Neuville and Martijn Wydaeghe are on track to claim Hyundai’s...
22h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal could terminate Mikel Arteta’s contract and...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and his players have come under intense...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'I've already felt what it's like to win there' -...

Arsenal forward Gabriel Jesus has left the door open to leaving the club.
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Brazil International rejects Manchester United and...

Brazil international and Atalanta midfielder Ederson has reportedly...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.