Bottas: Good business locking in Max, Leclerc
Ferrari and Red Bull made sound business moves locking Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen into long-term contracts, says Valtteri Bottas.
Ferrari and Red Bull made sound business moves locking Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen into long-term contracts, says Valtteri Bottas.
Valtteri Bottas may be the perfect team-mate for Lewis Hamilton as tensions at Mercedes are at all-time low but that doesn't mean he's doesn't race the Brit hard.
Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas recovered well from a shaky start to finish ninth in his second Arctic Lapland Rally.
Valtteri Bottas is desperate to bounce back and challenge for the title in 2020, saying he would struggle to accept the idea that he can't beat Lewis Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton has admitted that, at the start of the season, he found it difficult to deal with pressure from a resurgent Valtteri Bottas.
The 2020 season will see Valtteri Bottas fighting for a new Mercedes deal once again, but he wants to make the decision a "no-brainer" for the team.
Lewis Hamilton says that he had to find a "new ace" to keep his performance advantage in 2019 after losing his engineer to team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Valtteri Bottas believes that Mercedes would have dropped him at the end of 2019 if there was no improvement on the previous season.
Valtteri Bottas admits that he "lost a little bit" of love for F1 in 2018, but found it again last season.
Valtteri Bottas is keen to continue with Mercedes in 2021 but is "open" to other options should the Brackley squad not renew his contract.
Valtteri Bottas still has a "surreal" feeling about his season-opening win in Australia, saying it felt like someone else was driving the Mercedes car.
Valtteri Bottas will release version "2.77" as he looks to stop Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton winning a seventh title in 2020.
A lack of "hunger" and "fight" in wheel-to-wheel action is currently holding Valtteri Bottas back from challenging for the title, according to Mark Webber.
Toto Wolff is adamant Mercedes will be "very neutral to the drivers" in 2020 despite massive accolades at stake.
Valtteri Bottas has ended the first day of post-season testing top of the timesheet, whilst Esteban Ocon made his long-awaited debut for Renault.