F1: Hamilton Told Bottas That He Wants Him To Stay At Mercedes

 

Valtteri Bottas has revealed that his teammate and 7-time world champion Lewis Hamilton told him directly that he wants him to stay at Mercedes. Bottas is out of contract at the end of the season and with budding Mercedes driver George Russell who has been dubbed by many a potential future world champion waiting in the wings at the beleaguered Williams team, many believe that Bottas will be shown the door for young blood.

"Unfortunately, there is nothing to say," Bottas told Finland's MTV Sport of his Mercedes future, as quoted by RacingNews365.com.

"It remains to be seen what happens. I don't think there will be any news in the near future, but yes, those things will be clear in time. Everything is going in the right direction. I can't say who we're going to talk to and what's going on, but things are being discussed so that we can find the best option for next season. Lewis has told me quite directly that he would like me to be his teammate," Bottas revealed.

"Together we can do very well. The fact is, drivers can't make a terrible impact on it. Yes, there's a bigger machine behind it that ultimately makes those decisions," Bottas added.

Publicly, Hamilton has called Bottas the best teammate he's had in his F1 career. Hamilton's career which has spanned 14 years had some frosty situations with teammates most famously with Fernando Alonso at McLaren when he made his debut in 2007 and then with Nico Rosberg between 2013 and 2016.

 

 

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