💮Valtteri Bottas says h𒊎e knows where he went wrong with the setup on his Mercedes Formula 1 car for second practice on Friday in Mexico after dropping from first to sixth on the timesheets, with the Finn taking confidence from his early pace.

Bottas finished four-tenths of a s🎉econd clear of the pack in FP1, heading♛ up a Mercedes one-two, but dropped back to sixth in second practice as Red Bull and Ferrari both turned up the wick.

Despite appearing to struggle🌳 for pace, Bottas admitted after the session he had taken a wrong turn with his setup, giving him confidence in how to turn the situation around.

"First practice was good, I really enjoy🐬ed it. It is such a fun circuit to drive because it has quite a low grip, so it is definitely challenging," Bottas said.

"We made some set-up🥀 changes for FP2 which went in the wrong direction. So in the end of the session we෴ went back to the original setup.

"For some reason I also🍎 struggl꧃ed to get the tyres to work in the second session. That's why it didn't look as good as the first one.

"But I think it was a positive day overall, I'm lookಞing forward to qualifying."