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Horner: Mercedes favours Lewis, Valtteri has no chance

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is adamant that the Mercedes team is built around their six-time Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton. He should know as his teams have predominantly been built around a single number one driver, such as when Sebastian Vettel was the favoured driver over Mark Webber, and more recently Max Verstappen over all his teammates. Speaking to N, Horner stated 'It's obvious that Mercedes favours Lewis. You see it on strategy, the positioning of the cars and so on. 'Why wouldn't they have put Bottas on a two-stop, for example, in Spa-Francorchamps? That would have given him the opportunity to win the race. 'The problem is that everything is geared towards...
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