Valtteri Bottas says he will not ask Nico Rosberg for advice on how to beat Lewis Hamilton as the Finn gears up for a 2019 campaign that will be decisive for his Mercedes future. Bottas went winless through 2018 and a repeat is unlikely to help his long-term prospects in the tea, with Esteban Ocon lurking in reserve. Bottas became just the third driver in the 21st Century to go winless in a championship car across a season after Rubens Barrichello in 2001 for Ferrari and Mark Webber with Red Bull in 2013. Rosberg beat Hamilton to title glory in 2016, one of just two occasions in 12 seasons that Hamilton has finished a season behind his teammate in the drivers' standings after Jenson button...
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