Massa happy with soft tyre running

Felipe Massa says he is pleased with the running completed on the soft tyre in first practice.

Unlike team-mate Bottas, who struggled to get to grips with the soft tyre, Massa was happy with the performance of it however was annoyed with the compromised running in the second practice session due to rain.

“It hasn’t been as productive a day as we would have liked as the rain restricted our running. Our focus is on Saturday and the forecast says no rain, so there was nothing for us to learn running in the wet.

We had a good first session running on the soft tyre and will take the data we have from that. Free practice on Saturday morning will be important to get the car set-up correctly.”

Massa was faster than team-mate Bottas in both practice sessions.

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