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Bottas: 'I won't panic if Lewis is quicker'
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Valtteri Bottas inherited a plum drive at Mercedes for this season, but the Finn isn't feeling overwhelming pressure just one week before the 2017 season kicks off. Bottas got into the thick of things in Barcelona during pre-season testing, with Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda happy with how the team's new driver has settled in. But the F1 legend also believes that Mercedes' new recruit isn't a match yet for start driver Lewis Hamilton, an assessment which isn't unsettling Bottas however. "I can deliver," the 27-year-old driver told Germany's Sport Bild. "I know I was lucky with Nico retiring. It was always my goal to be in a world-class car some day, and...
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