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Wolff divulges financial contribution to Williams to help Bottas move
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Nobody is surprised by the notion that Williams was incentivized by Mercedes to release Valtteri Bottas, as Claire Williams made it clear at the outset that any deal had to make financial sense. In an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, Mercedes AMG F1 boss divulged the fact that a financial contribution was indeed provided to the Grove-based outfit to ease Bottas' move "Obviously we couldn't make requests without giving anything in return," Wolff said. "Claire Williams is a really capable businesswoman – like her father Frank. But we didn't only speak about business. " For example, Williams needed a driver with experience, and it was necessary...
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