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Wolff: If Mercedes weren't behind Bottas, we would change driver

Toto Wolff has claimed that, even though Esteban Ocon remains on their radar for the 2020 season and in the future, they did not consider having him replace Valtteri Bottas as Mercedes continue to have faith in the Finn despite no wins in 2018. Bottas received plenty of criticism for his performances this campaign, but also suffered from bad luck and team orders, with Mercedes asking him to surrender his P1 position in Russia in favour of Lewis Hamilton, who was leading the driver's championship. He was the only driver not to win a Grand Prix out of the top six, but Wolff has insisted that if they were not happy with the Finn, they would have him replaced. "Yes of course, Esteban is a...
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