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Mercedes confident of testing recovery without "more stumbling blocks"
Toto Wolff is confident Mercedes can recover from its disastrous start to pre-season testing that saw Valtteri Bottas confined to the garage for the entire opening session. After completing an installation lap at the Bahrain International Circuit, Bottas failed to return after sustaining what Mercedes stated was a gearshift issue, necessitating a gearbox change. Article continues under video It resulted in the Finn being confined to the garage for over three hours, and only managing a further five laps, with a time 4.647secs adrift of McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo who topped the timesheet from the 10 that took to the track. With only three days of pre-season testing this year, to lose...
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