06 Jul 2018

Mercedes 'fixed' reliability problems - Bottas

Valtteri Bottas says he is not worried about car reliability ahead of the British grand prix.

That is despite the fact that the reigning champions had an awful Austrian grand prix mere days ago, with both Bottas and Lewis Hamilton retiring with failures.

Mercedes ready for Silverstone

But Finn Bottas says Mercedes has put everything right for Silverstone.

READ: Hamilton and Mercedes bidding to bounce back at Silverstone

"The way the team reacted and found the bugs, it was really cool to see how quickly everything was fixed.

"I think good moments and bad moments always have a great way of pulling the team together. The team spirit is really good, upbeat and everyone is even hungrier to get a good result."@ValtteriBottas is fired up ahead of the #BritishGP ?? https://t.co/wfsMIaPeak pic.twitter.com/JNjNapOOYW
— Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) July 5, 2018

Everyone is confident that it will not happen again, so I'm not worried. I think we still have a truly reliable package," Bottas said at Silverstone.

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