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Bottas 'completely free' for 2021

Sep.7 Valtteri Bottas says he will be "completely free" at the end of 2020. After a period of uncertainty and speculation, Mercedes recently confirmed that the Finn is staying at Mercedes next year. Bottas, though, said the process was simple from his perspective. He told Ilta Sanomat newspaper that Mercedes controlled a one-sided 2020 'option' on his existing contract that they decided to activate before the deadline. "I didn't have a say in it," he smiled. The 30-year-old is more than happy to stay, but it will be a different situation for 2021 as an all-new contract would need to be drawn up. "Basically, my contract expires next year, and then I'm completely...
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