Now enjoying an Indian summer with Alfa Romeo, Valtteri Bottas has admitted that he came close to quitting F1 at the end of 2018. Following the shock retirement of Nico Rosberg just days after winning the 2016 title, Bottas was recruited from Williams to be Lewis Hamilton's new teammate. From the outset the Finn struggled to match the performance of the Briton, who by now had three titles under his belt. The situation wasn't helped when team boss, Toto Wolff referred to the Finn as 'a sensational wingman' for his performance during the 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix, when he spent much of the second half of the race holding off Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari in order to allow Hamilton to pull away....
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