1.0Motorsinside Englishhttps://www.motorsinside.com/enQuentin Marambaudhttps://www.motorsinside.com/en/author/qmarambaudrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="DbpBWQKWnU"><a href="https://www.motorsinside.com/en/f1/news/24968-valtteri-bottas-usual-disappointment">Valtteri Bottas: the usual disappointment?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.motorsinside.com/en/f1/news/24968-valtteri-bottas-usual-disappointment/embed#?secret=DbpBWQKWnU" width="600" height="338" title="“Valtteri Bottas: the usual disappointment?” — Motorsinside English" data-secret="DbpBWQKWnU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.motorsinside.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/05/1500_edito_09DTWWmtO_OkaHsAolln2wFd9__POFOiI3ovOv3ri3qY23TrPIkJPfXHRL13KXthQvQ6p75cB5fDXilSNJUaBCM=-768x512.webp600400At Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas took important points back to Mercedes with third place and the point for the fastest lap in the race. But starting from pole position, we might have expected better from the Finnish driver.