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Bottas admits Massa’s pace was a ‘surprise’

Bottas admits Massa's pace was a ‘surprise' Valtteri Bottas admits he has been surprised with teammate Felipe Massa's pace at Williams. Brazilian Massa joined the British team after an eight-year stint at Ferrari, where in later seasons he was comprehensively outshone by Fernando Alonso. But the 34-year-old argues he was simply unhappy and unloved at the Maranello team during the Alonso era, leading into his resurgence at Williams. There, at the Grove based team, Massa has been paired with the much younger Finn, Bottas. The 26-year-old was tipped for a move to Ferrari for 2016, but the Italian marque may have been perturbed by Bottas' pace relative to Massa. 'I was a little surprised...
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