Listen to this article Reserve driver Robert Kubica completed only nine laps when he ran the C42 in the morning session, while Bottas managed a further 23 when he took over in the afternoon, the Finn finishing the day in 10th place overall. The team’s total of 32 laps was the lowest of the day, behind the similarly troubled Haas on 43. Despite the loss of valuable track time, Bottas remained upbeat after his first proper day as an Alfa Romeo driver, saying the team has “some kind of idea how to how to progress” on Thursday. “Yes, we did have some issues, and unfortunately the issues we had were pretty costly with time,” the former Mercedes driver said. “Some issues with reliability, some mechanical things. But we understand it luckily completely, and we know how to fix it, we just didn’t have enough time during the day to fix it properly. “For sure today was compromised, I mean we lacked quite a bit of mileage, but at least we got some some running, and some kind of idea how to how to progress for tomorrow. “We just hope that w …