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Big news day marks end to August break

Aug.30 After the August break, Formula 1 burst back into life at Spa with a spate of news. Valtteri Bottas, for one, has been definitively signed up by Mercedes for 2020. "Well, it wasn't a big deal. The team had an option on me so one morning I got an email that the signature is done, and that's it," the newly 30-year-old Finn smiled to C More. The rumour in the paddock is that while Toto Wolff wanted to give the seat to Esteban Ocon, Lewis Hamilton and team engineers pushed for Bottas to stay. Hamilton called it a "smart decision. Valtteri and I get along very well". Also confirmed, therefore, is Ocon's loan to Renault, which according to La Gazzetta dello Sport will...
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