F1’s struggling duo hope Miami is an “outlier” with futures uncertain
It was a tough weekend for two drivers fighting for their F1 future🦂s.

Sauber driver168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Valtteri Bottas hopes that their lack of performance at the Miami Grand Prix was simply an “outlier” as he fights for his F1 future.
Bottas and teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu didn’t fare well in Miami as they were ꦦboth knocked out in Q1.
Neither driver contended for🅷 the points either, with Bottas particularly dropping back from his starting pos𝔉ition.
It was a clear step back in perf🐷ormance for the Sauber outfit, which saw both cars make SQ3 in the China sprint.
Bottas was in contentioꦅn for points in the main grand prix in Shanghai before a mechanical issue forced him out of the race.
With both drivers out of contract at the end of t🍬he year - and Sauber not wanting to retain either of them - they’re in need of a big result.
Reflecti🃏ng on Sauber’s display in Miami, Bottas is hopefuꦯl their poor performance was a one-off.
“Of course, the starting position wasn’t the best, so I think it was good to try something different. Then, honestly, with that strategy, the timing of the Safety Car was 💦the worst possible🥃,” he said.
“I hope this was an outlier. In the last two events we’ve be🅘en in a better place. Again, the next race [at Imola] is a very different track, so with some n🅷ew bits on the car then we’ll see again. But it is tight, you know, and small gains can make a big difference.”
Zhou managed to out-race Bottas in Miami, scrapping with the likes of Os♑car Piastri in the closing laps.
Zhou added: “It was actually n🦩ot too bad for us [with the Safety Car], but the only thing is that we went for softs, so we had almost 30 laps on softs and they fall off,” he commented.
“I think the issue was that we lacked some top speed against Alex and I couldn’t really pass him on the straights💮, so the whole race was really compromised.”
Zhou revealed that Sau𒊎ber 😼tried a variety of setups but none of them worked.
“It’s very clear this weekend both cars it’s been a real struggle. We tried to play a lot with different set-ups during Frܫiday and Saturday but both didn’t seem to work,” he added.
“On the other side, I think a lot of the competitors brought upgrades for the last few races and we still have similar to what we had a few races ago. I’m sure in Imola we can make a step and it’s a ꦍquestion of how much.”

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