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Bottas: Beating Ferrari on home soil 'extra motivation'
Valtteri Bottas says the prospect of defeating Ferrari at its home race acts as "extra motivation" to Mercedes as it targets its sixth straight Italian Grand Prix victory on Sunday. Bottas and race-winning Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton were subject to boos from the crowd on the Monza podium last year after working together to beat Ferrari favourite Kimi Raikkonen in the closing stages of the race. Hamilton and Bottas will start second and third respectively on Sunday at Monza after Charles Leclerc scored pole for Ferrari in qualifying. Asked by Crash.net whether beating Ferrari on home soil gave an extra edge to any success Mercedes may enjoy at Monza, Bottas agreed that it...
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