Bottas: Mercedes not on Ferrari’s level yet
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas believes the team need more from their aerodynamic upgrade to match the pace of Ferrari
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas believes the team need more from their aerodynamic upgrade to match the pace of Ferrari
Valtteri Bottas was disappointed with his lack of track-time after his running was plagued by oil pressure issues.
Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has faith that Mercedes will not implement team orders to aid Lewis Hamilton from the get-go in 2019.
Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes need an upgrade to solve the handling issues that plagued the W10's first run in testing this week.
Valtteri Bottas has downplayed talk of him entering this season as Mercedes' number two driver, a role he was forced into last year.
Although little can truly be noted from times set during testing, Valtteri Bottas reckons Ferrari are looking great on "both short runs and long runs."
Valtteri Bottas has noticed an improvement with the balance of the W10 after another mammoth testing stint for Mercedes.
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have both offered their first thoughts of driving the W10 in Barcelona.
Kimi Raikkonen's pre-season did not get off to the best start as five minutes after the green flag, he brought out the first red.
Sebastian Vettel wasn't hanging around as pre-season testing began in Spain, clocking a 1:18.161 to go almost two seconds quicker than last year's Day 1 time.
Nico Rosberg may have won his one and only World title with Mercedes, however, the former F1 driver says he is "looking forward" to the end of their dominance.
Arguably the most hotly anticipated car launch of the year has taken place with Mercedes lifting the covers off a silver W10.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has confirmed both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are raring to go for 2019.
Mercedes have released a short teaser clip of their W10 being fired up ahead of next week's launch.
Valtteri Bottas has found motivation from the criticism he received in 2018 and is "excited" about starting fresh in the 2019 campaign.