was upbeat following qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix as a result of his Cadillac felt “like a unique automotive” in contrast with earlier rounds within the 2026 System 1 season.
It has been a testing begin to Cadillac’s debut marketing campaign, as it’s one in all two groups alongside Aston Martin but to attain a degree with the season now on its fourth race weekend in Miami.
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Cadillac has normally been between two to 4 seconds off the tempo in Q1 this yr, and though that continued into qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix, Bottas may see the potential.
It comes after the American outfit introduced 9 completely different upgrades to its first residence race, resulting in Bottas qualifying twentieth – 2.976s off the quickest Q1 time – .
“We may see that some issues weren’t performing as they need to in my automotive and now it was lots higher,” mentioned the Cadillac driver.
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“It was like a unique automotive so I used to be really struggling a bit of bit with the steadiness due to that however in a optimistic approach, as a result of I gained some rear grip on this session. So hopefully that helps tomorrow.”
Bottas is due to this fact assured that Cadillac has made progress regardless of nonetheless being as much as two seconds off the Q2 tempo.
Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac Racing
Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac Racing
When requested if the staff has made a step ahead, the veteran replied: “Yeah, I believe so. Positions are nonetheless the identical than earlier than, however I believe the hole is a bit nearer to many different groups.
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“So, I believe we’re getting there step-by-step however we’re nonetheless understanding, we nonetheless want to know higher many issues.”
Bottas certified one spot and three tenths above team-mate , who thinks Cadillac may have crushed Aston Martin – the hole was at the least 5 tenths – had he produced a clear lap.
“We acquired a a lot better run yesterday than immediately,” mentioned Perez. “We did a variety of adjustments clearly immediately, which I believe we most likely took a step again after which qualifying for me was very messy, lacking the second lap, which was my mistake urgent the unsuitable button.
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“On the third lap I had a large overdelivery as I used to be braking into [Turn] 14 and I simply went straight, so I misplaced that lap as properly sadly.
“I believe we may have been very near Fernando [Alonso], if not forward. However yeah, we actually regarded much more aggressive yesterday.”
Extra reporting by Stuart Codling
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