Jun.10 Valtteri Bottas will play 'an important role' in the Lewis Hamilton versus Max Verstappen head-to-head battle for the 2021 world championship. With George Russell clearly waiting in the wings, the pressure on Bottas to keep his place at Mercedes beyond 2021 raised to fever pitch with his poor weekend at Baku. Former F1 driver Nick Heidfeld told f1-insider.com that Bottas is simply experiencing Hamilton at full-throttle for the first time since replacing Nico Rosberg in 2017. 'Hamilton is feeling the pressure from Verstappen and really pushing,' he said. 'That's why we're seeing probably the best Hamilton of all time. 'It's normal that even very good racing drivers like Bottas then...
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