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Merc keeping Bottas would be ‘incomprehensible'
Ralf Schumacher would be astounded if Valtteri Bottas was still Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate at Mercedes next year. Not because of anything in particular Bottas has done, simply that he thinks George Russell is virtually impossible to overlook. The whole of the Formula 1 community is waiting on Mercedes’ driver decision for 2022, which had originally been expected to be announced during the summer break but could now drag on into September. Mercedes co-owner and team principal Toto Wolff has admitted it is a straight choice between the “stability” and experience offered by Bottas, and the “talent” of Russell who looks ready for the step up to a big team at the end of a three-year...
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