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Changing teams tougher than Bottas imagined

Having made the switch from Williams Martini Racing to the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team this season, Valtteri Bottas has found the move more of a challenge than he had anticipated. The Finn joined the world champions at relatively short notice, after driver Nico Rosberg confirmed he would be retiring form the sport just days after winning the 2016 title, leaving both Bottas and the team very little time to get acquainted before the work for the new season began. So far, things have gone extremely well for the 27-year-old, who set the fastest lap time and completed the most laps of any other driver at this week’s pre-season test session at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona....
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