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Hamilton believes Bottas has had the better season in the Mercedes camp

Hamilton believes Bottas has had the better season in the Mercedes camp

  • Published on 12 Jul 2017 14:28
  • comments 6
  • By: Fergal Walsh

Lewis Hamilton believes that teammate Valtteri Bottas has had a better season so far out of the two Mercedes drivers. Hamilton has picked up three wins to Bottas' two, and the Finn is only 15 points behind Hamilton in the driver standings. Many now think that Bottas is in contention for the 2017 title.

Bottas also suffered from a retirement at the Spanish Grand Prix, but since then has scored more points than any other driver in the field. Hamilton, who has been squaring up to Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel so far this year, believes that his new teammate has a chance of claiming the title.

"Valtteri did a fantastic job, so he thoroughly deserved to win," Hamilton said after Bottas' Austrian GP victory. "When you look at the results, he's also had a DNF as well. He's generally had a better season I would say so far. There was never a point that he was never in the fight. I think it was only you guys who potentially suggested that he was never in the battle. I always assumed he still was, and that just shows he still is."

"He is very likeable," technical director James Allison told Sky Sports. "He's also utterly, utterly calm at all points and just removes any kind of psychodrama from the weekend. Which is a great benefit for the team. He's got a very tidy turn of speed as we've seen, he's very reliable, and we're very fortunate to have him."

 

Fergal Walsh

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Consistency is key, and Bottas has that

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  • Jul 12 2017 - 15:12
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  • talktohenry

    Posts: 362

    Still think he's slightly down on Hamilton's outright pace...

    • + 0
    • Jul 12 2017 - 15:06
  • f1fan0101

    Posts: 1,804

    Consistency is key, and Bottas has that

    • + 2
    • Jul 12 2017 - 15:12
  • Wolfgang

    Posts: 313

    And again some politics from Mr. Hamilton..

    In other words: "Please Mercedes keep Bottas because i can´t deal with someone like Verstappen or Alonso.." (as it didn´t work out in 07 at McL..)

    It´s kind of strange and weird hearing those permanent hymns of praise from Lewis about his teammate... This kind of behaviour is not very "Lewis-like" and thus more a kind of political babble..

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    • Jul 12 2017 - 15:53
    • calle.itw

      Posts: 8,527

      As TALKTOHENRY say below, those humns of praise will change into shoutings of heresy and blasphemy and burning stakes should Bottas become sufficiently competitive.

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      • Jul 12 2017 - 17:08
  • talktohenry

    Posts: 362

    Hamilton okay with Bottas now, but it will all change if Bottas gets ahead of him....

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    • Jul 12 2017 - 16:10
  • calle.itw

    Posts: 8,527

    Hamilton, honey, no. No he hasnt, that much is obvious.

    • + 0
    • Jul 12 2017 - 17:07

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