News Details

Ex-drivers doubt Bottas will lose Mercedes seat

Jul.26 Two former F1 drivers have cast doubt on a widely-believed rumour suggesting Valtteri Bottas will definitely lose his Mercedes seat to George Russell for 2022. Prior to agreeing a new two-year deal for next year and 2023, seven time world champion Lewis Hamilton made it clear his preference is for Bottas to remain in place. Indeed, since then, the Toto Wolff-led camp has been hailing Finn Bottas' instances of ‘team play', including giving Hamilton a slipstream and letting him pass on track. On the other hand, Dr Helmut Marko has warned that if Mercedes does not promote its junior driver Russell after three years at Williams, he would consider him for a Red Bull seat. Former...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Wolff vows to help Bottas find another seat

Jul.19 Toto Wolff says he will do what he can to enable Valtteri Bottas...
4y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Silly season 2022: Who is guaranteed a seat next...

The summer break is approaching in Formula 1 and that means that drivers...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Norris 'a little bit annoyed' to lose chance to fight...

Lando Norris left the British Grand Prix annoyed after losing out on an...
4y ago from Racer.com

Brundle: Hamilton decided he had yielded too many...

Article To news overview © Getty Images/Red Bull Contentpool Formula 1...
4y ago from RacingNews365.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marco Bezzecchi claims flag-to-flag Thai MotoGP...

Marco Bezzecchi delivered a commanding flag-to-flag victory for Aprilia...

Manuel Gonzalez prevails in twice red-flagged Thai...

Manuel Gonzalez earned the first victory of the 2026 Moto2 season in a...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar St. Petersburg – Qualifying Results

25 drivers of the NTT IndyCar Series took to the streets of St....
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marcus Ericsson encouraged by Will Power’s input at...

Marcus Ericsson has a new team-mate this year in Will Power, and the...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Building on the derby win as Chelsea visit

Morning. After a rare midweek off, we're back in action this afternoon as...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsenal’s £75m summer transfer plan in jeopardy...

Arsenal are hoping to sign Newcastle United attacker Anthony Gordon at the...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: Arsenal and Chelsea move for 60m Frenchman...

PSG’s rising star Senny Mayulu has hit a stalemate in contract extension...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

This 'unbelievable' star a better option than Sandro...

Former Arsenal star Anders Limpar has suggested that the Gunners don't...
20h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.