Originally Posted by deadmancarl:
“They don't want to lose Bottas as they have no one to develop the new car. The odds are if Bottas goes, then they will have Wehrlein as the second driver and he only has one years experience(although he has a bit of test experience with Mercedes) and a rookie in the other seat.”
“They don't want to lose Bottas as they have no one to develop the new car. The odds are if Bottas goes, then they will have Wehrlein as the second driver and he only has one years experience(although he has a bit of test experience with Mercedes) and a rookie in the other seat.”
And there seems to be some opinion that Stroll senior made sure Bottas would be contractually part of the team to provide a proper benchmark for Stroll junior, plus Martini really don't like the idea of two youngsters under legal drinking age in many countries promoting their tipple.
But I think all will be worked out and Bottas will go to Merc, it's the only deal that really makes sense even if it would be nice to see Sainz get the drive (or any of the big 4, but they definitely aren't going to happen).




...and rather unexpected from FOM!
