SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Mercedes race engineer Tony Ross may have absent-mindedly called Valtteri Bottas 'Nico' during Sunday's Chinese GrandPrix but a blunder demonstrated just how much work the Finnish driver still faces to fill world champion Nico Rosberg's shoes. "I was trying to have the tyres warmer than any car around to be able to attack and I went too far," Bottas told reporters. Bottas qualified and finished third on his Mercedes debut a fortnight ago in Australia and qualified third again in China. "It happens to the best," said Wolff, who is close to Bottas and was a part of his management team. At one point in the race, Ross, who worked as Rosberg's race engineer, even called him 'Nico' on the team radio.

Source: The Star April 09, 2017 18:33 UTC