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Bottas has contingency plan if Mercedes pick Ocon

Valtteri Bottas says he's covering his bases with contingency plans if Mercedes gives him the axe and appoints reserve driver Esteban Ocon to a race seat alongside Lewis Hamilton for 2020. Team boss Toto Wolff confirmed in Hungary that Mercedes will determine its future line-up over the summer break, with the choice limited to Bottas and Ocon. "It's a question between Esteban and Valtteri," Wolff said. "It's making a decision on stability, a great personality and a very good driver versus giving youth a chance and the opportunity in the car with all the reward and risks it can bring. "We will start the process [on Monday] and it's not going to be an easy one."...
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