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Bottas unfazed by one-year deal

Valtteri Bottas is not bothered by the one-year duration of his Mercedes contract, saying he understands that the team wants to see how he goes. Although Bottas landed the coveted race-seat vacated by 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg, it soon emerged that Mercedes had only entered into a one-year deal with the Finn. This raised some eyebrows among Formula 1 commentators as, more often than not, drivers enter long-term deals. Bottas, though, says he is not at all bothered by it. 'I perfectly understand that it's not a longer agreement at this stage,' he told Marca. 'Of course the team wants to see how I go and that's fine by me. 'That's the way it goes – I've always had to earn my...
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