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Valtteri Bottas: 'My lap in Q3 puts us in a very good position for the race '

Valtteri Bottas put in an excellent final lap in Q3 to steal third place from fellow countryman Kimi Raikkonen, during qualifying on Saturday. The Finn will start from the front row of the grid however, due to the five place grid penalty received by Sebastian Vettel for a gearbox change, and the Williams Martini Racing driver is optimistic of achieving a good result in the race. 'I’m very pleased with our qualifying performance; it was the maximum result I think we could have achieved, and my lap in Q3 was very good,' said Bottas.  'It now puts us in a very good position for the race and we need to focus on turning a good qualifying, into a good race performance. 'This is a track that...
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