Bottas hopeful of championship in 2018

Valtteri Bottas says he is hopeful of a championship this year. The Finn has outperformed his four-time champion teammate in two of the three races this season and is very much in contention for the championship, just 14 points off of leader Sebastian Vettel.

The Mercedes driver says he is confident that he can mount a serious title challenge this year.

Bottas knows that he will have a very difficult challenge taking the drivers title away from his teammate but says that working with Hamilton has helped his driving in F1.

"I've got to know Lewis really well. He's a really quick driver, obviously, but also a really nice guy," he added.