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Lauda: Regulation changes should help Bottas

 XPB Images Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has suggested that the new cars arising from major technical regulations changes in 2017 should help Valtteri Bottas as he moves to the team from Williams. Mercedes picked Bottas to take over the seat vacated by reigning world champion Nico Rosberg who announced his retirement from Formula One just five days after clinching the title. Bottas now faces the daunting prospect of facing off against his new team mate Lewis Hamilton, but Lauda is confident that Bottas will make the most of the opportunity. "He does not have much time to settle in, everything is new for him and us," Lauda admitted to German publication...
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