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Hakkinen believes that Bottas 'has the talent' to be an F1 great

Former Formula 1 driver Mika Hakkinen has praised his fellow countryman, Valtteri Bottas, for his performance at the Australian Grand Prix. The retired McLaren driver believes that Bottas has bounced back after a disastrous 2018 season. The Finns are stereotypically known to be tough and it seems that this is starting to show in the Mercedes driver.   "Valtteri made it very clear on the team radio that he wanted that extra point and, although his new race engineer Riccardo Musconi told him to just take things easy, he went for it," wrote the former McLaren driver in his post-race column for Unibet. "So did the other main competitors, but Valtteri was the one...
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