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Hakkinen ‘expects' Bottas to be 2020 World Champion

Two-time World Champion Mika Hakkinen has an 'extremely high expectation' for Valtteri Bottas to win his first title in 2020. The Finn goes into his fourth season at Mercedes with confidence after mounting his best challenge yet to stop team-mate Lewis Hamilton's dominance in 2019. In the end Hamilton did comfortably win a sixth title, but Bottas has spoken regularly of his desire and belief in himself to claim the World Championship for himself. It's a big year for Mercedes, team boss Toto Wolff is being linked with a departure, while both Hamilton and Bottas are out of contract at the end of 2020. But Hakkinen has an 'extremely high expectation' that it will be Bottas' year and backs him...
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