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MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi ‘logical choice’ for Mercedes – Zanardi

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi ‘logical choice' for Mercedes – Zanardi Mercedes should have been braver and signed MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi for 2017. That is the view of former F1 driver Alex Zanardi, amid news the German team will almost certainly sign up Williams' Valtteri Bottas instead. 'For me, Valentino was the most logical choice,' Zanardi, a former Williams driver, told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport. Mercedes has had to engineer a complex deal to get Bottas out of his 2017 Williams contract, involving Felipe Massa calling off his retirement and perhaps even fast-forwarding Paddy Lowe's move to Williams. But Zanardi thinks Rossi, the 37-year-old flamboyant...
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