Valtteri Bottas has claimed that Mercedes are closing on Ferrari in terms of managing the new Pirelli tyres of the 2017 Season. This statement comes as a result of Mercedes’ performance at last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, where the team secured their first 1-2 finish of the season while the Ferrari pair of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen finished in fourth and seventh.
“Our Mercedes is a very sensitive car,” said Bottas while talking to Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport. “But if we find the right setup it is really fast – the difficulty is just finding that setup. Ferrari is really strong and has been better than us in managing the tyres, but we are improving as we saw in Montreal.