Williams’ Valtteri Bottas wants to see the team continue to develop their car despite a respectable fourth place finish at the Russian Grand Prix.
The Finnish driver started from the front row of the grid for the first time this season and was second from the start, but was unable to keep Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen behind him after the first stint of the race.
“The beginning of the race was pretty good and we managed to defend against some of the quicker cars behind,” Bottas said.
“I think being aggressive with the early pitstop was good but, unfortunately, the cars with more pace managed to get through, and at the end of the race there wasn’t much happening for me.
“All-in-all the team has done a good job this weekend. It’s positive to get a lot of points for Williams.”
Despite a good race, the team next go to Barcelona and Monaco, two tracks which are not as good for the strengths of their car than the Sochi track, and Bottas wants to see improvement.
“There’s definitely progress, this is a good track for us so that helped, but we just need to keep improving. I definitely had more in mind today than fourth so we need to keep pushing.”
The result brings Bottas up to ninth in the Drivers’ Championship and sees the Grove-based team move within six points of third-placed Red Bull in the Constructors’ Championship.
