SILVERSTONE -- Valtteri Bottas says the gap to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the British Grand Prix should never have been as big as it was.
After topping both Friday practice sessions, Bottas was on the back foot on Saturday after an unscheduled gearbox change meant he went into qualifying with a five-place grid penalty hanging over him. In the end he qualified fourth, meaning he will start the race ninth, but it was the 0.776s gap to Hamilton that really stood out.
"Of course I'm disappointed because I was in good form yesterday," he said.