Last year this time Valtteri Bottas was preparing for his first season as a Mercedes driver, a year down the road he is wiser and appears to know what it will take to beat teammate Lewis Hamilton and prevent the Briton claiming a fifth title. Asked by N if he could beat Hamilton in 2018, Bottas replied, 'For sure he is one of the best drivers ever in Formula 1, a four-time world champion who's always on it, but I proved to myself a few times last year that I can do it and I can beat him.' 'It's up to me to be performing well consistently all through the year, not having those kinds of race weekends when I'm a couple of tenths off or something. I need to be in all conditions — no...
Full Story »