Saturday: Bottas and Massa in pursuit of the podium for Williams
Both in the top 5 of the qualifiers, Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa have great ambitions for the Canadian Grand Prix, with the former believing it will be possible to compete with the Red Bulls.
Valtteri Bottas (n°77) – 7th and 4th
For the Finn, second place is an excellent result, even if he could have hoped for better: « We have to be happy with the result. It was really, really tight. In the last relay, there was traffic which cost me an opportunity to improve the time, but luckily I had a good lap in the first relay in Q3. »
For tonight’s race, he is aiming for a fight with the red bull: « We have been competitive all weekend so I am looking forward to the race. I am happy with the car […] I know that we can compete with the Red Bulls and we have excellent straight-line speed, so we’ll see. »
Felipe Massa (No.19) – 2nd and 5th
The Brazilian, around 2nd fastest during FP3, believes he could have achieved 3rd fastest, but mainly wants to focus on the positives: « It was a good session, our cars definitely showed good performance. It was quite tight from 3rd to 6th place, with 5 cars within 1 tenth, so 3rd place was possible. Unfortunately, I didn’t achieve the perfect lap and it wasn’t enough to be 3rd, but I can’t be disappointed. I am happy with the car we have. The race is long, so let’s try to make it a good one. »
