Bottas on the brink of a breakthrough


Williams Formula One racing driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland drives the new Mercedes FW37 car during pre-season testing at the Jerez racetrack in southern Spain February 1, 2015. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo

LONDON (Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas could be on the brink of a breakthrough with Williams this season but do not write off Felipe Massa.

So says the British Formula One team's engineering head Pat Symonds, an old hand who has worked with champions Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso and knows a thing or two about talent.

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