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Bottas: Fiery radio message not a sign of breakdown with Mercedes
Valtteri Bottas says it would be "completely false" for anyone to interpret his very direct and fiery radio message in last weekend's French Grand Prix as a breakdown of his relationship with Mercedes. Bottas vented his anger at his team in the closing stages of last Sunday's race for not opting for a two-stop strategy that could have allowed him, in his view, to fight for a race win or at least a top-three finish. The untypical heated reaction from the mild-mannered Finn was unleashed against a backdrop of speculation regarding the Finn's future with Mercedes. It was therefore perceived by some as a sign that Bottas' relationship with his team is crumbling. "I can be very...
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