Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas says his initial impression of the new W11 is good, after giving the car a shakedown at Silverstone on Friday morning. Valtteri Bottas's winter break is officially over, after the Finnish driver was given the honours of driving the W11 for the morning part of the Friday shakedown for Mercedes. After speaking to waiting cameras, Bottas jumped in the brand new Mercedes W11 and drove out to complete his initial laps with the car before handing over to teammate Lewis Hamilton for the afternoon. With total track time restricted to 100 kilometres for the day, Bottas said he was pleased to have gotten the chance to get an initial feel for the car ahead of testing....
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