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Toto Wolff leaves role as Bottas' driver manager

Mercedes Motorsport Boss Toto Wolff has stepped down in his role as manager to newly recruited driver Valtteri Bottas, to avoid any conflict of interest now that the Finn will driver for Mercedes. Along with partners Didier Coton and double world champion Mika Hakkinen, Wolff set up his driver management company whilst still working at Williams, where Bottas was just beginning to forge out his career in F1, and the Austrian signed him onto the company’s books, having been well aware of his already proven record in the junior formulae's. It has been a successful partnership so far, but despite the Mercedes board having no problem with the arrangement, as Wolff had no direct involvement...
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