Bottas: Mercedes aren't favourites for French GP

Valtteri Bottas suggests Mercedes aren’t favourites to win the French Grand Prix. The event returns at the coming weekend for the first time in 10 years.

The Silver Arrows number two driver is that confident Mercedes aren’t favourites to win the race, he calls it a “fact”. Mercedes drivers will get the engine upgrades which were due to arrive in Canada but were delayed.

“It’s a different Grand Prix, different kind of tyres and it’s positive we’re going to have the new engine, which we would have needed [in Canada] to win the race,” Bottas told Sky Sports.

The German team are still at the top of the constructors' championship, but that lead has been cut to 17 points after losing out in Monaco and Canada.

“We came [to Canada] with even the old engine thinking there’s a very good chance we’re going to be fighting for the win,” added Bottas.