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Hakkinen confident "mega quick" Bottas will recover from poor 2018
Two-time champion Mika Hakkinen has confidence that his fellow countryman Valtteri Bottas will recover from his very disappointing 2018 season, as Hakkinen thinks the talent and work ethic of the 29-year-old will prevail. Bottas himself admitted that this probably was the worst year of his F1 career, as his second year at Mercedes ended with no wins for him and a fifth place in the drivers' championship, even though his team won both titles. The Finn started the year well, as he only trailed six to five in terms of qualifying results to his teammate Lewis Hamilton and came close to winning several times, but a combination of bad luck and lack of cojones prevented him from doing...
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