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Wolff: Bottas victory in Russia was ‘overdue'

Toto Wolff has admitted that Valtteri Bottas’ victory in the Russian Grand Prix at Sochi was “overdue”. Bottas gained only his second win of the 2020 season, following his triumph at the opening Austrian Grand Prix. The Finn is now 44 points behind his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the World Championship standings. Hamilton has won six races this year to Bottas’ two. But the respective totals may well have been seven-one had Hamilton not been compelled to serve a 10-second penalty at his pit-stop for two separate rules breaches of performing a practice start in the wrong place. The World Champion had led the race up to that point. Nevertheless, Mercedes team principal Wolff,...
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