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Bottas: New contract a weight off my mind

F1 rookie Valtteri Bottas admits that being asked to stay on at Williams for a second season ensures that he will be able to focus on his preparations for 2014, but denies that putting pen to paper inspired his run to eighth place in the USGP.Having impressed in his Friday practice outings through 2012, the Finn was unlucky to be promoted to a full race seat during one of Williams' weakest campaigns, but showed well against more experienced team-mate Pastor Maldonado, and became the team's constant for 2014 after Maldonado jumped ship and took his PDVSA backing to Lotus.Despite being a favourite at Grove, Bottas was made to wait until the tail-end of the season before being told that the...
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