Bottas had no worries: "Knew that there were a lot of opportunities"
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Valtteri Bottas is happy that he has finally won again in Formula 1. The Mercedes driver says that he suffered from a bee during his start and that he was, therefore, unable to take the lead immediately.
"I knew the start was going to be the first opportunity, but it was quite compromised because there was a massive bee or something that hit my visor," Bottas said in an initial reaction. "I couldn't see when to brake, but I knew it was going to be a long race."
Bottas happy with pace
The Finn had the advantage of riding the mediums unlike Hamilton. "I knew I would have opportunities after that and then Lewis had the penalty. Once I was in clean air, I felt the pace was pretty awesome and I could really control everything," he tells Johnny Herbert.
"I wasn't very concerned. I knew there were tons of opportunities with our package here today. It's been a while since I've won, that's good. I want to try to keep the momentum. I keep pushing and we'll see how it will turn out," Bottas concludes.