Valtteri Bottas must be in the team Mercedes to deal with limited confidence and this since 2017. Kati has been racing for ever since silver arrows and has since received only one-year contracts. It means proving itself over and over again. He always has to race for new contract. And every year you find yourself with rumors, which appear automatically because his contract expires towards the end of the year. Last year, however, rumors were fueled by the team boss himself Mercedes Toto Wolff, because when we know, they are for the second seat at Lewis Hamilton came into play Bottas in Esteban Ocon.
Za Bottas it is a position we would like to give up. But Finn he says both sides have learned something from it: “I am convinced that the new negotiations can be carried out more smoothly and with less conscientious conscience in the media. There was too much unnecessary debating outside the team. Everything could take place internally. I think it makes this matter easier.“Of course even more early signing of the contract. “If you do this in August or September, it accumulates and becomes more disturbing because speculation intensifies during this time,” he says Finn.
In the same breath, he sends a message to his boss To Toto Wolff: “It helps a lot if you have a long term contract!" so Bottas. “If you know for years to come what you’re going to do and if you feel good on the team, this is a Win-Win situation.“You can focus on work and the future, and the team doesn’t have to hide nothing in front of the racer, he adds Bottaswho knows: “It’s a political sport and there are a lot of racers who want seats and a lot of teams want to have more options open for that - for a variety of reasons."