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Analysis: Is Bottas a Mercedes stop-gap, or its long-term future?
While few in Formula 1 circles were taken by surprise about this week's final confirmation of the driver shuffles that got Valtteri Bottas in at Mercedes, it was actually the things we were not told that were more intriguing for some. For despite Mercedes sending out an 1100-word press release to confirm who would be replacing Nico Rosberg, what was missing was the one element that perhaps mattered most: how long was Bottas' contract for? Unlike when Nico Rosberg's planned two-year deal for 2017/2018 was announced last summer, or back in 2015 when Lewis Hamilton's three year extension to take him to the end of 2018 was revealed, this time there was not one mention of how long Mercedes'...
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