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Bottas scoffs at eight million euro salary claim
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New Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has dismissed reports that he's set to earn eight million euros this season. Bottas was a late-notice replacement for Nico Rosberg, who abruptly retired from Formula One just five days after clinching the 2016 Formula one world championship. With almost all leading drivers already signed up for 2017 it left Mercedes with few options for who to bring in as Rosberg's replacement alongside Lewis Hamilton. Bottas' former team Williams drove a hard bargain before releasing the Finn, and Bottas himself would have had similarly a strong hand in salary negotiations. Having previously been earning three million euros at Williams, it's been...
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