A constant story in the paddock for much of this season has been the future of Mercedes ‘new boy' Valtteri Bottas, who signed a one year only deal to replace the team's retiring Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg. Since then Bottas has done everything asked of him by his team, while showing his title contention credentials with a couple of victories in the process. He has also slotted in well with Lewis Hamilton, the pair working effectively together, unlike the toxic relationship the Briton shared with Rosberg over the past three years. Not much more could have been asked of the quiet spoken Finn, thus the only surprise has been the apparent lack of urgency by Mercedes to...
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