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Bottas admits he has 'plan B' for 2020

Aug.5 Valtteri Bottas has revealed he has a "plan B" in case Mercedes does not keep him for 2020. Team boss Toto Wolff is openly weighing up between keeping the Finn, or promoting reserve driver Esteban Ocon to become Lewis Hamilton's new teammate. Bottas' case was not helped in Hungary, where he had his second consecutive difficult race in the space of a week. "In Formula 1, you're only as good as your last race," former F1 driver JJ Lehto told Iltalehti newspaper when asked if Hockenheim and Hungary will hurt Bottas' chances of being re-signed. Wolff says he will make the decision during the August break, and reassured Bottas that his call will not be dependent on...
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