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Palmer ‘not impressed’ with ‘weak’ Bottas defence

Jolyon Palmer was not impressed by Valtteri Bottas at Turn 1 in Mexico, feeling he let Max Verstappen past too easily.  The Mercedes drivers pulled off something of a shock at the Mexico City circuit in qualifying, locking out the front row, but they didn't stay there for long in the race as Verstappen swooped around the outside of both at the start before pulling away and cruising to victory. Afterwards, both Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff criticised Bottas for the lack of a fight he put up when the Dutchman went past him, and Palmer agrees with them. “Yeah, I was not impressed with Bottas at Turn 1,' he said on the Chequered Flag podcast. “He was just a bit weak on the braking zone,...
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