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Mercedes retains Valtteri Bottas for 2020 F1 season

Mercedes has confirmed that it has retained Valtteri Bottas for the 2020 Formula 1 season, completing the team’s driver line-up. Bottas joined World Champions Mercedes in 2017 as a replacement for Nico Rosberg and placed third in the standings, before slipping to a win-less fifth in a difficult 2018. Bottas signed a one-year extension for 2019, with an option for 2020, and Mercedes has now activated that element of the contract in order to retain the Finn’s services. Bottas holds second place in the championship, 62 points behind team-mate Lewis Hamilton, with two victories and four pole positions to his name this season. Hamilton’s current contract with Mercedes runs...
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