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Valtteri Bottas says he missed a call from George Russell because he was sleeping, but as far as he is concerned the situation is “done and dusted”.
At the Portuguese Grand Prix Thursday press conference Valtteri Bottas said he has read George Russell’s apology for his conduct after their crash at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and as far as he is concerned, the issue is “history”.
“I heard about his post and apology and I read it,” the Finn said.
“But to be honest we haven’t spoken after the race, after the stewards. I did have a missed call on Monday morning, but I was still sleeping!
“We haven’t spoken, but I’m sure it’s the same for George, it’s done and dusted, it’s history, there was no decision by the stewards, George apologised and time to move on.”
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Valtteri confirms he is feeling no ill effects from the violent crash.
“I’m feeling fine, feeling good, feeling ready for the weekend. It was a half decent hit, and it’s never fun when you’re in that situation.
“But obviously it could have been a lot worse and I’m happy that there were no injuries and I was actually, on the Wednesday after, back on track at Imola for the 2022 Pirelli test and I felt fine.”
Bottas also reveals Mercedes has identified the issue on his car that relegated him to P8 in qualifying.
“I would say in Imola the struggles in qualifying, once we understood everything, it was 100% tyres. My Q1 time would have been enough for second row and in Q3 I ended up eighth.
“So it’s an area that we need to pay more attention to, and understand,” concluded the Finn.
