Bottas talks about joining Mercedes as Nico Rosberg’s replacement, and says driving alongside Lewis Hamilton is “not easy but it’s also really motivating”.
Amid speculation about his future, Valtteri Bottas says he feels he is nearing the peak of his abilities and Mercedes “would be different” if he wasn’t there.
Bottas has been penalised with a five-place grid penalty and two penalty points on his superlicence for causing a crash on Turn 1 of Lap 1 of the Hungarian GP.