(© Ben Johnston 2015)
Williams Martini Racing’s Valtteri Bottas has stated that he
is happy that the team are allowing him and team mate Felipe Massa to race each
other this season.
The Finn’s comments come following last weekend’s Malaysian
Grand Prix in which he finished the race just ahead of Massa in fifth place
after pulling of a fantastic overtaking manoeuvre on the Brazilian in the
closing stages of the Grand Prix.
During last year’s race the pair were battling each other on
track when a radio call came through for Felipe Massa to let Bottas through as
the Finn was faster than the Brazilian and would have been able to challenge
McLaren’s Jenson Button for sixth place in the race however the Brazilian
ignored the radio call.
This season the race was a completely different story for
the pair and they were allowed to race each other. As a result of their fifth
and sixth place the Grove based outfit are currently in third place in the
Constructors championship on thirty points following the opening two Grand Prix
of the season when at the same point last year the outfit had scored 20 points.
The Grove based outfit head to the next race in China in
just under two week’s hoping to continue their points scoring run. Williams
have scored points in the last 21 consecutive Grand Prix.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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