Cadillac might have endured a fraught Austrian Grand Prix Friday as reliability issues dented the American Formula 1 team's progress, but Valtteri Bottas says that its gap to Aston Martin demonstrates that the new update package delivered the expected pace increase.
The GM brand had to contend with different issues either side of the garage; Sergio Perez struggled with restricted running due to an electrical problem in FP1 and FP2, which kept causing the car to shut down. Meanwhile, Bottas ended up dealing with a sparking - and later, burning - front floor tray, which was traced to a build error with his car, which caused the bib to drag against the floor.
