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Bottas edges Vettel on third test day

– Valtteri Bottas topped the times on the penultimate day of this week's opening pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, ahead of Sebastian Vettel, as Mercedes used softer tyres than Ferrari.Bottas comfortably led the way in the morning, becoming the first driver to break into the 1m19s bracket on Super Softs, before improving further on Ultra Softs.He ended up with a 1:19.705, some one-and-a-half seconds clear of the field, before handing over to team-mate Lewis Hamilton, though Vettel cut the gap to 0.247s in the afternoon.Vettel's time came on the Soft tyre, two steps harder than the rubber used by Bottas, with Ferrari making clear that it won't be "falling...
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