Former F1 driver Mika Hakkinen has backed the under-pressure Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas to take the necessary steps in order to be successful on a personal note with the Silver Arrows next season. Bottas suffered a winless run in the 2019 season; after coming very close in multiple races - such as Sochi, when Bottas was ordered to hand position to his team-mate and now world champion, Lewis Hamilton. The pressure is now well and truly on the Finn, with Esteban Ocon now Mercedes' reserve driver and eyeing Bottas' seat for 2020. However, his fellow Finn, Hakkinen, thinks people should give Bottas more support and has reflected on his own personal experiences to try and relate to the...
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