Valtteri Bottas believes it is too early into the weekend for Mercedes to be worried about Ferrari's apparent pace advantage at the Russian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time ahead of teammate Kimi Raikkonen in the second practice session in Sochi, as Ferrari appeared to have a genuine pace advantage over Mercedes on Friday. The gap between the two teams stood at just 0.045s in FP1, before Ferrari increased the margin to over 0.6s by the end of FP2.
While the Finn admits Mercedes has struggled to get the ultra-soft tyres into the optimum operating window over one-lap, he insists it is too soon to completely rule out a Silver Arrows victory on Sunday.