News Details

Bottas won't be Hamilton's 'wingman' in 2019

Valtteri Bottas says he has no intention of serving as Lewis Hamilton's 'wingman' once again in 2019 and will start next season looking to prove to Mercedes, and Formula 1 as a whole, that he is capable of securing title success of his own. Bottas faded from the 2017 title fight around mid-season, but he has never really been in the hunt this time around. After a poorly timed safety car in China and a heart-breaking last-lap puncture in Baku robbed him of two early chances of a win, Bottas has struggled to match Hamilton. The Finn was ordered not to attack his teammate in Germany to ensure a 1-2 finish, before further ignominy followed in Russia, when he had to let Hamilton through to win,...
Full Story »
7y ago from GPFans.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Chairman Of Mercedes-Benz Hails ‘Legend' Lewis...

Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of...

Valtteri Bottas: “I'm already looking forward to...

Valtteri Bottas says it is his intention to come back as a stronger...

Ocon looks set to sit out 2019 season

Esteban Ocon looks increasingly likely to sit out the 2019 season. Toto...
7y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Rich Energy To Become Haas F1 Team Title Sponsor In...

Haas F1 Team have announced the signing of a major title sponsor with...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Scott Dixon awarded prestigious New Zealand honor

To close out 2025, one of IndyCar’s most decorated drivers was awarded...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

January transfer window 2026: what every Premier...

on Villa have a decision to make about Harvey Elliott, Brentford have...
15h ago from TheGuardian.com

“It’s fun for them” - Gabriel reveals why he...

Arsenal centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes explained why he trolled Amadou with...
14h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Martin Ødegaard relocates his missing rhythm to...

uvenated by his goal on Saturday and free from injuries that have...
15h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsenal and Chelsea plotting move for Ligue 1's new...

Arsenal and Chelsea are interested in signing the Marseille attacker...
19h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.