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Mercedes Are Missing Some Pace – Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas was left searching for answers after his Mercedes team were usurped by Red Bull in Friday free practice for the Singapore GP, saying that Mercedes are missing pace compared to their rivals this weekend. Bottas found himself behind the Force India of Sergio Perez in first practice, and while the Finn improved to fourth fastest in the second session, he admitted the marginal improvement in between would not be enough to close the gap to pacesetters Red Bull. 'This was a difficult day for us,' said Bottas. 'I think we are missing some pace. We were making big setup changes between the first and the second session, but still didn't quite find the right setting.' His team-mate...
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