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Ocon and Hamilton not a good pairing – Wolff

Mercedes-AMG Motorsport boss Toto Wolff has said he decided against giving junior driver Esteban Ocon a full-time race seat this year, fearful it would have a negative impact on his career, due to the pressure from six-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton. However, Wolff chose to keep the current pairing of Hamilton and Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas; Ocon has instead signed a two-year with the Renault F1 Team, partnering Daniel Ricciardo. The Austrian is confident he made the right choice, feeling it would not be good for Ocon's career to be pitted against Hamilton while he is at the top of his game. 'The swinging argument for me was, putting Ocon against Hamilton, who has been with...
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