SILLY MISTAKE
M
ercedes race engineer Tony Ross may have absent-mindedly called
Valtteri Bottas ‘Nico’ during the Chinese Grand Prix but a blunder
demonstrated just how much work the Finnish driver still faces to fill
world champion Nico Rosberg’s shoes.
Bottas, who has replaced the retired Rosberg this season, ended up
apologising to his team after spinning out behind the safety car while in fifth
place as he was weaving across the track to warm up his tyres for the restart.
The “silly mistake”, as Bottas himself called it, dropped him down the order