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Bottas one-year contract keeps Mercedes options open
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Signing Valtteri Bottas was undoubtedly a complicated matter for Mercedes, and while the plum drive is his, it's believed he only gets it for one year. It's rumored that the Finn's contract runs until the end of 2017, with options for an extension kicking in, or not, depending on Bottas level of performance. That's what Mercedes boss Toto Wolff hinted at yesterday afternoon. "We have a couple of options," the Austrian told Sky Sports News HQ. "We were caught back with Nico's decision to retire and we have some great junior drivers with Pascal [Wehrlein] and Esteban [Ocon] coming up the ranks. "But they need a little bit more time, so for us it was...
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