Bottas: fight fair against Hamilton

Valtteri Bottas will certainly experience one of the most important years of his career in 2017. The former driver Williams will replace Nico Rosberg for at least one year at Mercedes F1 following the withdrawal of the reigning world champion.

The Finn will have to prove that he deserves his place and deal with his new teammate Lewis Hamilton which currently constitutes the reference of the plateau.

“Lewis is a great reference for me. Everyone knows what a fantastic driver he is. I am sure that we will be able to work effectively for the team and that we will be able to be good teammates for each other.”, commented Valtteri Bottas on Sky Sports.

“My goal is to perform well in the first race. I know I can do it and I expect to be close to Lewis in terms of performance, underlined the Finn. I don't know him very well yet. We will get to know each other better, but there are no problems between us and I am sure that we will be able to push each other to perform better. I expect us to work hard and be fair in our struggles. »

In any case, Valtteri Bottas does not seem impressed by the scale of the task. Although he is still chasing his first success in F1, he has already been on the podium 9 times.

“I now have a chance to fight for the title, that’s now my main goal in my life.”he warned.