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Bottas: My luck is a bad joke
Valtteri Bottas says he’s bemused by the poor fortune plaguing his 2018 Formula 1 campaign after suffering hydraulics failure with his Mercedes at the Austrian Grand Prix. The Finnish driver stormed to a first pole position of the season at the Red Bull Ring and despite losing his lead to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap he looked in a strong position midway through his opening stint. 5774263478001 CrashTV: But a sudden hydraulics issue saw him suffer a terminal gearbox issue and was forced out of the race to mark his second retirement of the season as he dropped to sixth in the F1 world drivers’ championship. It marks yet another painful race for Bottas this...
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