Williams Needed This Result - Bottas

Williams had their best result of the season in Canada with Valtteri Bottas making his way onto the podium following a mistake by Kimi Raikkonen.

The Finn started forth behind his fellow Finn, but Raikkonen made a couple of mistakes which made it possible for Williams to get ahead.

“Really happy for us as a team, really proud.” Bottas said on the podium. “A proud member of the team and this was really good teamwork all weekend. And then the mistake Kimi made allowed us to get one position and we also changed the plan with the strategy during the race, which I thought was really dynamic, so really good job from the team and it was not a bad race from me either.

“I think we really needed this result.

“Like last year we saw that it really boosts confidence. We know again now that we are a top team and that we can fight for podiums.

“I think from Austria, with the package that we have coming there, from then onwards we really hope that we can repeat at least these kind of results.

Talking to press later, Bottas added that the next few races on the calendar should be good for the team, “I think the next couple of tracks, at least, will be pretty good for us.

“Austria, Silverstone, I think they will suit our car and I’m quite confident also with the package we have coming to Austria.

“At least, if it works like all the updates so far we’ve had, I think it should be a very good step and then possibly we could be fighting for many more podiums. I really hope it’s possible.”

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