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Wolff: Bottas will have to ‘justify' Mercedes seat

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said that Valtteri Bottas will have to 'justify' his place in the Mercedes team. The Finn went winless in 2018, and will have extra scrutiny on him next year, as Esteban Ocon waits in the wings. While Bottas went winless (unluckily it has to be said), team-mate Lewis Hamilton won 11 races and took home a fifth World Drivers’ Championship. '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 survive and they are very well aware,' Wolff said. 'They have made the selection of the top 20 racing drivers in the world and every single year they have to justify that they deserve the place....
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