News Details

Bottas has to 'justify' Mercedes seat

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas will have to "justify" his place on the roster, with added scrutiny set to fall on the Finn in 2019. Bottas went winless across the 2018 campaign, despite Mercedes securing a fifth consecutive constructors' championship. While Lewis Hamilton won 11 grands prix and a fifth drivers' crown, Bottas struggled to make an impact on the championship. Esteban Ocon's return to Mercedes as a reserve driver in 2019 is set to put the pressure on even further and Wolff says Bottas must deliver to keep his seat. "Every racing driver in a Formula 1 car has to look over his shoulder. It is a very brutal sport where only the best ones...
Full Story »
7y ago from GPFans.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Wolff: Bottas has to "justify" his seat at...

Valtteri Bottas is under pressure to keep his seat at Mercedes in Formula...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Bottas gets mixed messages from Wolff

Earlier this week, Toto Wolff hit out at Kevin Magnussen for the incident...
7y ago from Pitpass.com

Baku debris lowpoint of Mercedes' 2018

It was a tough year for Valtteri Bottas after the Finn failed to win a...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Mercedes maintain 100% trust in Valtteri Bottas

Toto Wolff has stressed his Mercedes team have full faith in Valtteri...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Massimo Rivola: Aprilia has become the ‘benchmark’...

Massimo Rivola has admitted that Aprilia has become the current reference...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanpera returns to WRC with Subaru

Double WRC Champion Kalle Rovanpera is set to return to the WRC next year...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

William Gallas tells Arteta to replace 2 Arsenal...

William Gallas has urged Arsenal to change their playing style to get the...
30m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Are Arsenal going to bottle it? The next four games...

Arsenal have a crucial four games coming up, ever since I made it clear...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

“On another day, he scores a couple of goals” -...

Former Manchester City star Micah Richards believes Max Dowman was the...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“Would you ordinarily do that?” - Gary Lineker...

Gary Lineker has suggested that Arsenal are showing signs of ‘panic’...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.