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Hakkinen defends Bottas: 'Too easy to criticise him'
Valtteri Bottas is having a tough time at times as Lewis Hamilton 's teammate at Mercedes. More often than not he is used as a second driver to get the maximum result for the seven-time world champion in battle with Red Bull Racing and Max Verstappen. According to Hakkinen, Bottas should not worry too much about his role at Mercedes. "It's very easy to talk about someone who becomes world champion and always wins, and then criticise his teammate. It's an easy comparison, but you often forget the full picture of what it's like to be half of a winning team. I won two world titles myself because Coulthard was a very strong teammate," the Finn explained at Motorsport.com. Read more...
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