PODIUM
A
ustrian Grand Prix winner Valtteri Bottas was a
happy chappy on the podium, while second placed
Sebastian Vettel was adamant the Mercedes driver
jumped the start and Daniel Ricciardo grinned non-stop
and of course did the disgusting ‘shoey’’ thing.
Podium interviews conducted by Martin Brundle
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, what a cliffhanger of
a race that was, wasn’t it? I hope you enjoyed it. And your
three stars of this race are up here on the podium. Valtteri,
that was a tough one. This man was catching you at the
end but you kept your head, you kept your tyres. It looked
like you had it under control at the beginning but it ended
up very close indeed.
Valtteri Bottas: Yeah, I had a bit of a déjà vu in the end,
what happened in Russia. He was catching up but the
problem in the last stint was that I had a massive blister in
the rear left since lap five or so; that made it quite tricky.
In the beginning I could control the pace but in the end the
backmarkers made it quite tricky but I’m really happy. It’s
only my second win in my career. Thank you guys for the
support and a massive thank you to the team (for) making
this possible so thank you guys.
I’ve just seen a piece of paper from your start. You were
right on the edge of the perfect start almost to a few
milliseconds. You got away with that one! You took off well,
didn’t you?
VB: Yeah, I think that was the start of my life. I was just
really on it so it was good.
Good stuff. Second victory for you, third consecutive
podium, you’re on a roll.
VB: Yeah, there’s still a long year ahead. We’re not even at
halfway so this makes good for the points but it’s still early
days and we’re still developing as a team.