Valtteri Bottas admitted he was made to look “like a fool” in Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton’s substitute George Russell outperformed him with a stellar, if unrewarded, drive.
The Mercedes pair finished eighth and ninth, with Bottas ahead, after an action-filled race, but it was Russell who shone as he had a stunning maiden victory taken from him by a bungled pit stop and a late puncture.
Bottas, who started from pole position, lost the lead at the start and struggled to mount a challenge as the young Briton, standing in for COVID-19 victim Hamilton, showed pace and poise at the front for 62 laps.
“If you don’t know things, I might have looked like a complete…
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