Valtteri Bottas has heaped praise on the Muge♎llo circuit after topping both Friday Formula 1 practice sessions for the Tuscan Grand Prix.

The Finn was the man to beat in Friday practice, en🌠ding both sessions clear at the top of the timesheets as he looks to win his first race since the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.

The high-speed 🌊nature of theꦛ Mugello circuit has left many F1 drivers in awe of it and Bottas is no different.

“It’s a lot of fun, really cool, especially after w൲e go into Turn One, the first section the old section is fantastic and the second sector is also amazing, so I really 💝enjoyed every single lap today,” Bottas said.

“It’s one of the most physical tracks, no doubt about it. I still think we’ll only see it in the race distance, once the fatigue starts to build up, but could even see that today. It’s going to be a tough Sunday for everyone, but I’m definitely ready for it, so I’m lookin🐬g forward to it.”

Bottas held the advantage over teammate Hamilton 🀅in the opening two-thirds of the lap, with♋ Hamilton clawing back some time in the final sector.

He remains confident of💮 finding further improvements as he looks to beat Hamilto꧂n and Max Verstappen to pole position.

“In the first session I struggled quite a bit with understeer, and still in some places in the second session, but it was definitely betterꩵ. There’s still quite a bit of lap time to unlock, as it always happens on a track where you and the c🌳ars haven’t been to.

“As a driver you tend to find prꦗetty big gains from one day to the other, so I think that from the car, but eve🐟n more so from the drivers, we will find performance.”

The high-speed nature of the circuit,ꩵ as well as the hot weather forecast, means tyres will be put under extra s😼train in Sunday’s race.

“It is tough, it’s a really high-energy circuit for the tyres, but it was quite a bit better than what we expected, so, that’s good news,” Bottas added. “Always, in the high-speed corners, we are going to be overheating and Sunday is goi🦩ng to be pretty hot as well.”