Ferrari are looking stronger than Mercedes in testing and the Formula 1 champions have work to do before next month’s season-opening race in Australia, Valtteri Bottas said on Thursday. The Finn, teammate to five-times F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, gave his assessment on the final day of the first four-day pre-season test at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya. Ferrari were fastest on the first two days and the Italians have also covered an impressive amount of mileage in their new SF90 car while Mercedes have been working through their programme without setting any eye-catching times. “They do seem very strong,” Bottas said of Ferrari, Mercedes’ closest rivals last...
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