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Bottas bemoans missing out on front row

Valtteri Bottas has revealed brake problems prevented him from being more competitive in qualifying after being knocked off the front row by Sebastian Vettel. The Finn has been struggling for form since the summer break and fell to P3 on Sunday's grid after failing to get any closer than four tenths to team-mate and pole sitter Lewis Hamilton, with Vettel managing to sandwich himself in between. 'Definitely the last sector in qualifying, I did struggle more,' Bottas said. 'It felt more tricky, for some reason, in some of the practice sessions. 'There have been things I have been struggling with – brake modulation and locking, transferring weight. I have struggled to get it together...
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