George Russell and Valtteri Bottas Have Great Options Outside Mercedes: Toto Wolff
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George Russell, Toto Wolff and Valtteri Bottas
Over the past couple of months, the speculations have raised upon the second driver who would drive alongside Lewis Hamilton in the 2022 Formula 1 season. With Valtteri Bottas and George Russell both having to put up their claim in order of doing so, team boss Toto Wolff has not officially given an official word and most recently, went onto talk about the option of these two drivers outside of Mercedes.
While Bottas has been with Mercedes since 2017, George Russell is hoping to complete his journey through the Mercedes junior ranks and has put his name forward with some stunning performances this season, adding his first points with the back-of-the-grid team in Hungary. Options for either driver seem scarce with seats up and down the grid largely safe and seemingly uncompetitive.
Toto Wolff Talks About George Russell and Valtteri Bottas’ Seat Choices Outside Mercedes
Speaking in an interview including GPFans Global, however, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff suggested the driver that misses out on the Mercedes seat should have options to stay in F1.
“George and Valtteri would have probably more than one option to stay in Formula 1 and race in Formula 1 with an attractive outlook,” said Wolff. “Most teams see themselves as challenger teams, that they expect a big step to be done next year because of the cost cap that is now valid for everybody.
“They’ve concentrated on next year’s development very early, you can see that Alfa, Williams haven’t brought in a huge amount of pieces anymore for a while. I think George and Valtteri would have, whatever we decide, great options.”
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