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Bottas: 'tow' not the answer to mastering Baku

 XPB Images Despite being one of the fastest men on track in Baku in free practice for the Grand Prix of Europe on Friday, Williams' Valtteri Bottas said that finding a 'tow' from a car in front wasn't the answer to mastering Formula One's newest circuit. Bottas was clocked at 351kph coming down the two kilometre straight at one point, but he admitted that this had been with the help of a slipstream from a car ahead of him on the track. "Yes, I did get a bit of a tow, but we are still to run the engine qualifying modes. It is a fast circuit, especially the corners leading to the main straight are pretty cool." However, asked if he thought he or the other dreams might...
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