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Bottas interview: Why I couldn’t take my old engineers to Mercedes
Formula 1's newest winner Valtteri Bottas says his decision to go it alone to Mercedes and take none of his old Williams crew with him was one of the key factors in helping him make progress so quickly. The Finn got a late call-up in January to replace Nico Rosberg, and has taken little time to get up to speed – taking his maiden pole position in Bahrain and adding his first victory in Russia. But while many drivers who swap teams like to take their old engineers with them so they have a bit of a comfort zone in their new surroundings, Bottas elected for a totally different approach. Instead, he deliberately wanted to start afresh – electing to stick with Rosberg's old crew of race...
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