Valtteri Bottas: "I think we were unlucky today. Missing FP3 definitely made qualifying more difficult." Valtteri Bottas missed FP3 following damage caused by a loose drain cover. He was still able to make it through to Q3 but his quick laps were affected by yellow flags, a red flag and then traffic. Felipe Massa recovered from his struggles earlier in the weekend to set a time good enough for P6 on his one run of Q3, before the session was red flagged when Hamilton crashed. Rob Smedley, Head of Performance Engineering: "When you look at how good we were yesterday in similar conditions, this is a little disappointing. Valtteri missing FP3 had an impact on his qualifying...
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