Valtteri Bottas lined up from the start with the Mercedes W10

Mercedes confirmed this Saturday that the Finn Valtteri Bottas will be the first to debut the W10 on the occasion of the opening of the 2019 winter tests on the Catalan track in Barcelona.

The world champion team also specified that Lewis Hamilton will take place in the car star-studded during the afternoon session. The German clan therefore seems to make the most of the alternation between its two pilots.

If Mercedes announced this distribution of tasks on its Twitter account only for Monday, information from the social networks of the Barcelona circuit shows that the scheme will be renewed throughout the week.

Back behind the wheel!

Here's our driver line-up for the first day of 2019 @F1 winter testing in Barcelona on Monday!

Morning ➡️ @ValtteriBottas
Afternoon ➡️ @LewisHamilton #WelcomeW10 #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/qTqRkEuJSb

—Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) 16th February 2019