When deciding whether to be at next season Mercedes raced Valtteri Bottas ali Esteban Ocon, head of the silver arrow team Toto wolff he was not alone, which he also issued to his Italian colleagues from Journal of Sport. "We will make this determination based on what is best for the team. But Lewis has been on our team for a long time, so I showed him the list of racers and asked him for his opinion. He thinks very much like us - they both deserve a place in a Mercedes. However, we have not set a deadline, but we want this issue to be resolved within the coming weeks,He said some time ago Austrian.
But in the meantime, information has come to light that the decision has already been made and official confirmation is expected to follow in the coming days: Valtteri Bottas stays at Mercedes, Esteban Ocon however, he will be loaned to the team Renault.
JJ Lehto, a former racer Formula 1, is convinced that the word had a lot of weight in this decision Lewis Hamilton. Former racer Sauber in Benetton, is for Finnish colleagues from Evening paper said: “Before something like this is published, you can never be sure. However, I hope the latest rumors come true. I think Valtteri did a good job and put a fair amount of pressure on Hamilton a few times. Well, before the summer break he showed some less good races, but I am sure that the decision was not made on the basis of a few races but will look at the whole picture."
Toto Wollf he always emphasized: “Valtteri exceeded our expectations the most in the atmosphere in the team. Although this also applies to Lewis. The way these two work together, how they respect each other on and off the track, is something special. When was the last time we experienced that two top racers could understand each other so well? It’s a completely different chemistry than before between Nice and Lewis. And that dynamic is carried over to the entire team."
