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Hakkinen: ‘Bottas deserves more credit' from Mercedes

Mika Hakkinen has spoken from his own experience about how difficult it is for Valtteri Bottas to share a team with an F1 great. And he thinks his fellow Finn deserves more praise for his role at Mercedes. The two-time former World Champion started out at McLaren against Ayrton Senna in 1993, so was presented with a tough task to match the legendary Brazilian in his opening three races in Formula 1. Bottas has been outperformed in the Drivers' Championship by Lewis Hamilton in each of his five seasons with the team to date, but the British driver has previously called the Finn the 'best team-mate' he's had in the sport, with his future at the team yet to be decided beyond this year. Bottas...
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