Bottas wary of quick Ferraris after edging China practicehome/Sports/Top Sports/Bottas wary of quick Ferraris after edging China practiceSHANGHAI: Valtteri Bottas remained wary of Ferrari’s formidable speed as he recovered from a spin to pip Sebastian Vettel to the fastest practice time at the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday. The Finnish Mercedes driver tops the early standings and he showed why with a lap of one minute and 33.330 seconds, shading Ferrari’s Vettel by 0.027-second ahead of Sunday’s milestone F1 1,000th race. Bottas and Hamilton spun their cars early in second practice in Shanghai in almost identical fashion, but the only real harm was to their pride. “Ferrari still seem to be quicker than us on the straights, whereas we were better in most corners in FP2 (second practice),” he added. Four-time world champion Vettel, who went fastest in the morning practice, again set the early pace in the second session before Bottas stepped up his challenge.

Source: Manila Times April 13, 2019 16:18 UTC