After starring in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix with P8, Bottas struggled for overall performanc♎e in Saudi Arabia an꧟d Australia.

T🗹he Finn was out-qualified and out-raced by teammate Zhou in both races.

In Saudi Arabia, Bottas blamed floor damage for his lack of൩ race pace, while he st♛arted from the pit lane in Australia after Alfa Romeo made a number of changes to his car to try and solve some of his issues.

Bottas finished the race at Albert Park in 11th, only ahead of Carlos Sainz who was hit with a five-second🧜 time penalty.

“It was difficult to understand the overall picture of where we are 𒊎going,” Bottas said after Australia. “It felt a little better, but hardly all the problems have been solved.

“I’m a little worried. Not where it should be. The💛 mood is completely different than it was in Bahrain.”

Ex-F1 engineer Ossi Oikarinen agreed that Botꦐtas was right to be concerned about his form.

“That’s not acceptable,” Oikarinen told . “As Valtteri himself said, at this point you have to be worri𝓀ed.

“If you change the settings of the car welꦦl before the race and test the new one, and it still doesn’t work, then there iꩲs a fundamental fault somewhere.

“It is necessary to sit down with t♒he team and think about whᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚat to do. 

“Such a race is not acceptable for Valtteri or the team. You have to𝕴 press the reset button.”