Bottas confident for Sunday despite grid demotion

Valtteri Bottas put in a consistent performance this afternoon in qualifying for the Brazilian GP, ending the session fourth just behind the usual suspects consisting of Rosberg, Hamilton and Vettel.

While the Williams' driver was satisfied with his achievement, he still realized that the bulk of his work was still cut out for him as he will line up in seventh place on tomorrow's grid as the result of yesterday's red flag infringement.

"It was a good qualifying session," Bottas said. "It's obviously a shame I'll be starting three spots back but I enjoyed it.

"The car was getting better and better towards the end of the session, it felt comfortable and I managed to get everything out of it, so that's always a nice feeling."

As circumstances have it, Bottas will be starting tomorrow's race alongside team mate and local hero Felipe Massa, but with countryman and nemesis Kimi Raikkonen ahead, which could make for an interesting rush into the first corner.

"I think we can do a lot of good things from 7th and 8th on the grid. It's a long race and the pace seems to be quite good, so we need to target a place on the podium and I think that's possible.

Strategies may also come into play on Sunday as the race offers several possible variations on the subject.

"We'll see tonight whatever is be possible," Bottas said, suggesting Williams may choose different strategies for its drivers.

"A lot of different things can be done becaus eit's not guaranteed a two or three stop, it really depends how hard you're pushing and how your car is behaving on its tyres. So hopefully we'll try to do something special."

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AS IT HAPPENED: Brazilian Grand Prix - qualifying

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