Valtteri Bottas is “a long way off” the pace at present, according to former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher. “The race didn’t go well for him,” Wolff told Sky Italia. Schumacher agrees that Bottas didn’t cause the crash with Russell, insisting that Lewis Hamilton’s teammate “certainly doesn’t play games at over 300kph”. “But he certainly didn’t want to let Russell just pass him either,” Ralf Schumacher told Sky Deutschland. “And I didn’t like his attitude in the interviews that followed. “Mercedes is trying to explain it as a lack of grip with the rear, but in my opinion the entire Valtteri Bottas package lacks grip at the moment,” Schumacher continued.

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