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Bottas has been 'aware of DAS for a long time'
Valtteri Bottas has revealed that far from being a last minute addition to the 2020 car, Mercedes' controversial new 'Dual Axis Steering' has been in development for almost a year, meaning it will be difficult for any of its rivals to come up with their own versions. “I have been aware of it for a long time," he told the press at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on the third and final day of the first pre-season test. "First time I heard something about it was nearly one year ago," he added. "It’s not a quick project. "It’s not an easy thing to start making it, designing it and actually make it work,": he said. “For us, it was a pretty big project,...
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