Bottas blames wing choice for ending streak of Q3 appearances in F1

Bottas was left disappointed after his exit in the second qualifying segment at Albert Park ended his record of consecutive Q3 session appearances at 103.

The Alfa Romeo driver, who started the first two races of 2022 with his new team in sixth and eighth positions, could manage only 12th place in Melbourne.

Bottas admitted that Alfa Romeo didn’t quite have the pace in qualifying, highlighting a late decision to switch to a smaller rear wing between FP3 and qualifying in…