News Details

Hamilton: Smart decision for Mercedes to keep Bottas

Lewis Hamilton has praised Mercedes for deciding to keep Valtteri Bottas as his Formula 1 teammate for the 2020 season, calling it "a smart decision." Mercedes announced on Thursday that it had exercised its option in Bottas' contract to retain the Finn for next year, partnering him with five-time world champion Hamilton for a fourth straight season. Bottas had been under pressure from Mercedes junior Esteban Ocon for the seat, only to receive confirmation that his deal had been extended over the summer break ahead of the announcement. Hamilton and Bottas have enjoyed a cordial relationship across the garage throughout their time as teammates, prompting the Briton to offer a...
Full Story »
5y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas: All I can do now is wait and follow...

Both Valtteri Bottas and Toto Wolff say the Finnish driver will be in...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Mercedes keep Bottas for 2020

Mercedes today confirmed that it has exercised its option with Valtteri...
5y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Bottas 'answering calls' about F1 future

Aug.22 Both Valtteri Bottas and Toto Wolff say the Finnish driver will...
5y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Bottas stays at Mercedes for 2020

Valterri Bottas will stay as Lewis Hamilton's team-mate at Mercedes for...
5y ago from SkySports.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Scott McLaughlin on track to repeat Supercars success...

After spending the last four years moving up the ranks in the NTT IndyCar...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Juncos Hollinger shows off new-look livery for 2025...

Juncos Hollinger Racing unveiled a new look for the 2025 NTT IndyCar...

Christian Lundgaard hails ‘pure racing’ aspect of...

Christian Lundgaard is beginning his fourth full season driving in the...

Alexander Rossi points to loyalty as main reason ECR...

Alexander Rossi is set to embark on a new journey with Ed Carpenter...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Collymore's column: Amorim was justified, Ange needs...

In his exclusive column for CaughtOffside, former Aston Villa attacker...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Juventus transfer news: Paris Saint-Germain forward...

Juventus confirm that they have completed the acquisition for Paris...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal transfer exclusive: Update on £51m Martin...

Martin Zubimendi to Arsenal is not a done deal just yet, but there is a...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Ferrari using sim sessions to ‘erase’ Hamilton’s...

Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari journey has officially... Read More »
53m ago from F1i.com

FIA confirm NEW championship points system

The FIA have confirmed a new points system will... Read More »
9h ago from GPFans.com

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.