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Bottas on contract pressure: 'It starts to eat you from inside'
Valtteri Bottas' entire F1 career with Mercedes has evolved around a succession of one-year contracts, but the Finn admits that the inevitable pressure that comes with an annual deal eventually "starts to eat you inside". Bottas joined Mercedes in 2016 on a whim after reigning world champion Nico Rosberg's shock decision to retire from racing. The Finn was awarded a one-year contract at the time which he readily accepted, a short-term deal that was extended at the end of each season until last summer, when Mercedes opted to bring into the team for 2022 its Williams protégé George Russell. Circumstances and the annual unknowns linked to the drivers' market dictated Mercedes'...
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