F1 | Brawn on the Mercedes season: “Only flaw? Valtteri Bottas' performances"

The only flaw in Mercedes' amazing season was the performance of Valtteri Bottas, according to Ross Brawn. At the end of the last Australian Grand Prix, in fact, Chase Carey's current right-hand man outlined an initial assessment of this 2018 world championship, underlining how the Finn performed below expectations, especially in the second part of this championship .

Bottas, in fact, has never managed to come close to Lewis Hamilton's performances, becoming the first Mercedes driver not to win a Grand Prix since 2014. A certainly unrewarding title that the former Williams will have to immediately cancel in 2019, given the cumbersome presence of Esteban Ocon within the world champion team.

Here are the words of Ross Brawn. “The only small flaw in Mercedes' season, if there can be one after a 'double' of this kind, was Valtteri Bottas' performance. He certainly suffered from the team orders released halfway through the championship, but in that context it was an understandable decision. He must be found again in view of 2019”.