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BOTTAS: If RUSSELL beats me, that wouldn’t look good

Valtteri Bottas knows if Hamilton’s replacement will overshadow him this weekend, then it won’t look good, but the Finn points out he doesn’t think about it at all.

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Finnish team racer Mercedes before the second racing weekend in Bahrain located under special pressure. He has to win George Russell, after all, the Mercedes youngster and Williams racer is one of the talents flirting with his seat.

The 22-year-old Briton, who has been part of the young silver arrow squad since 2017, will be able to sit in the car this weekend Lewis Hamilton, who had to miss the race due to a positive coronavirus test. Asked what that would mean for his future if he did Russell on the race VN Sakhir landed in front of him, is Bottas explained: "I didn’t think about it seriously. It’s hard to say what to expect from him because he knows the team very well and the car is a bit different from the one he tested with and there’s a lot of new in general as well. Clearly, if he beats me, then it wouldn’t look so good. But I don’t think about it, I’m not that type of person. I think positively and try to look at it as motivation. And that’s exactly how I’m going to head out this weekend."

Although he doesn't think about it and doesn't feel any additional pressure because of it, Valtteri Bottas is aware that if George Russell beats him this Sunday, it wouldn't look good.

O calculation for a seat in season 2022 Bottas before the start of the racing weekend Sakhir he did not want to speak. “I know the media likes to speculate and create various dramas. However, I doubt George sees it that way and I don’t do it myself. For him, this is a great opportunity to learn a lot and show what he can do. And understandably, every racer wants to beat their teammate, be it now Lewis Hamilton, George Russell or anyone else, it doesn’t matter. I have to do my job and my goal is to win the remaining two races. I have a contract for next year and clear goals that I have set for myself - just like the team - which makes all this quite easy for me. I don't see any additional pressure here,He added Finn.                    

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