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Wolff to Handle Bottas Contract Extension Talks ‘Better' in the Future

Toto Wolff says any future deliberation about contracts needs to be handled better, particularly after the uncertainty surrounding Valtteri Bottas in 2019 and whether or not the Finn would be retained for 2020. Ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, Bottas was confirmed to race for the Mercedes AMG Motorsport team in 2020, and since then, he has outscored team-mate Lewis Hamilton by five points, although he has seen his team-mate clinch the World Drivers’ Championship in the recent United States Grand Prix. 2019 is by far Bottas’ strongest season at Mercedes since he was brought in to replace the retiring Nico Rosberg, but Wolff, the Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, admits the uncertainty...
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