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Mercedes protégé Russell won't rely on Bottas 'having bad races'
George Russell says he's ready to step up to the next level in F1 with Mercedes, but the Williams rookie is determined to prove his mettle to Toto Wolff rather than rely on an incumbent driver's under-performance. As F1 heads deeper into the summer and its traditional 'contract season', a fair amount of uncertainty still surrounds Mercedes line-up for 2020. Lewis Hamilton remains contracted to the Silver Arrows squad for next season, but Valtteri Bottas future at Mercedes appears once again in jeopardy. The Finn hit the ground running in Melbourne and won again in Baku but since, Bottas has been comprehensively outpaced by Hamilton, generating worries that the 29-year-old's usual...
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