GPI 2017 Russian Grand Prix | Page 118

THE FIRST ONE IS THE HARDEST Bottas is now just 10 points adrift of Hamilton and, having started the season as an emergency stopgap, can now quite legitimately see himself in the championship mix. That situation poses another headache for Hamilton but is one that Mercedes are relaxed about having to manage. They do not expect the relationship to turn sour as it did between the Briton and Rosberg. “He (Bottas) took up that risky move to be Lewis Hamilton’s team mate,