F1 legend Niki Lauda says Valtteri Bottas has done a good job since replacing Nico Rosberg at Mercedes. Some believe the top team should have chosen a more established star like Fernando Alonso to replace 2016 world champion Rosberg. But Mercedes team chairman Lauda insisted: “The decision to sign Bottas was right.”
The F1 legend indicated that Bottas is doing a good job in serving as teammate to the on-form now quadruple world champion Lewis Hamilton. “I don’t know what caused Nico’s retirement, but Hamilton has reached a level where it’s almost impossible to beat him,” Lauda told Servus TV.