We’re only three races into the 2017 season, but for Valtteri Bottas the question has already become: is he already the number two driver at Mercedes? That may seem premature three races into his Mercedes career, but after two disappointing performances in Australia and China, things only worsened for the Finn in Bahrain as he was asked to move over for teammate Lewis Hamilton. The why, in case you’ve forgotten: after starting on pole, Bottas found himself leapfrogged by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel as the latter had pit just before the rest of the field followed suit with a safety car on lap 14. On three-lap younger super-soft tyres, Bottas was unable to find a way past Vettel,...
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