Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has shrugged off a poll of Formula 1 team bosses that rated him in only 10th place despite him winning three races this year and ending up third in the world championship. The placing was one lower than the Finn had managed with Williams in 2016. 'There's always all kind of polls and stuff,' Bottas, who joined Mercedes in January as a replacement for Nico Rosberg after the 2016 champion retired, told reporters at the governing FIA's end-of-year prize-giving. 'I don't really think about it… if I'm under-rated or things like that.' 'Really what matters is how I perform on track: how many races I will be able to win in future. The main thing is within the...
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