Marko Hanželic
Already during the summer break Toto wolff decided on the second seat on the team he will occupy next season George Russell, who will thus become a teammate Lewis Hamilton, nevertheless, Mercedes only announced everything to the public after the end of the racing weekend in Zandvoort.
Now that it has finally become clear that it will Valtteri Bottas next season vehicles for the team Alfa Romeo, Wolff also revealed the thought process that took place in the background: “All in all, it was anything but easy and the decision was anything but easy. Valtteri has always done his job with excellence in the last five seasons and has been an important link in achieving our goals and successes. ”
Cooperation with Lewis Hamilton also Bottas takes as “A privilege and a great sporting challenge”, as evidenced by his recent statement: "Harmony between us played an important role in winning the constructor's titles that we as a teammate won for the team."
"It's not time to say goodbye, as we have the rest of the season ahead of us, and I would like to thank Toto and the team for their support and respect, which was also reflected in the decision to replace the team," he explained to the Seventh Force Bottas.
Mercedes namely Bottas helped get a new job in F1, making it appear to be Toto wolff this time took advantage of a close friendship with Frederic Vasseur. In general, the boss of the Mercedes team has a very good opinion of his (soon-to-be) protégé: "I would definitely deserve to stay at Mercedes, but I'm happy to have another chance to prove myself at Formula 1 at Alfa next season."
