He might well be leading the championship had it not been for some terrible luck so far in 2018 but Valtteri Bottas has admitted that he has some "catching up to do" to gain back points lost in this years world championship fight.
Bottas is up against some of the stiffest competition of this generation in teammate Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel but the Finn has upped his game and is unlucky not to be leading at this stage.
He himself knows that a strong result is paramount in Barcelona to make up lost ground on his rivals.
“Qualifying was good for me but not quite perfect – and it ended up very close on the final times,” said Bottas. “But for us as a team this is a perfect result with two cars on the front row.
“I had a mistake on the first run in Q3, which meant I only had one proper shot at it – that was a good run and, of course, if you do the laps again then you can always find something more.
“It was good to work the SuperSoft tyre a bit better today, it felt like a better tyre for us so we have made some good progress in that area.
“I am feeling really good in the car at the moment and, looking to tomorrow, I think we will be strong on race pace. I have some catching up to do overall in terms of the points, so I will be aiming to do as well as I can.“
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