News Details

Mika Hakkinen praises Bottas' role in Mercedes' Russian 1-2

Two time F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen has praised Valtteri Bottas' teamwork during the Russian Grand Prix as he sacrificed his chances of victory to keep Charles Leclerc behind him, confirming the 1-2 for Mercedes, their first since the British Grand Prix. Mercedes had looked second best all weekend, but took advantage of the virtual safety car when Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari broke down, leading to the Silver Arrows getting ahead of Leclerc. Fellow Finn Hakkinen said in his Unibet column: "Valtteri’s job was to defend second place from Charles, who had made a second pit stop and moved back on to another set of softs. Valtteri did this perfectly. He is a good overtaker,...
Full Story »
6y ago from GPBlog.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hakkinen backs Ferrari to end Mercedes' Sochi...

Double world champion Mika Hakkinen believes the Russian Grand Prix could...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Mika Hakkinen bows out in fashion from F1

McLaren's Mika Hakkinen conquered his 20th and final F1 win on this day...
6y ago from F1i.com

Driver & Constructor Standings – Russian GP 2019

Russian Grand Prix – Updated Driver and Constructor Standings...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Hamilton wins Russian GP: How Mercedes beat Ferrari in...

Ferrari snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as Mercedes somehow...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Sources: Arsenal 'sense' chance to beat Man City...

Arsenal “sense an opportunity” to get involved with one of the major...
55m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Interlull round-up: Ireland go out, Gyokeres...

Morning all. It's a grey day here today. Not just in terms of the weather,...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Formal approach prepared: Man Utd rival Arsenal for...

Manchester United are reportedly expected to make a formal approach for...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Man United plot shock raid on Premier League rivals...

Myles Lewis-Skelly has been linked with a move away from Arsenal at the...
14h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Lewis Hamilton issues frank verdict as alarming Max...

Lewis Hamilton has had his say at the Japanese... Read More »
44m ago from RacingNews365.com

Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix – FP2 Results

Australian Oscar Piastri rounded out Friday of... Read More »
3h ago from MotorsportWeek.com

F1: Piastri sets FP2 pace at Suzuka

Oscar Piastri edges out Shanghai winner Kimi... Read More »
2h ago from Pitpass.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.