Bottas' performance one of the best we've seen - Hakkinen

Two-time Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen believes that Valtteri Bottas' performance in Azerbaijan was one of the best seen from the Finn since joining Mercedes.

Bottas took his second win of the season and held off teammate Lewis Hamilton under intense pressure at the end of the race and retook the lead of the drivers' championship in the process.

By virtue of the fastest lap he recorded in Australia, Bottas sits a single point ahead of Hamilton but Hakkinen outlined his compatriots approach to the season and praised his drive to victory.

"This performance from Valtteri was one of the very best we have seen, and from lap 1 onwards he completely controlled the race," Hakkinen said in his Unibet column.