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Bottas: Not being team player at Mercedes would have caused more tension

Article To news overview © Mercedes Valtteri Bottas admits that not winning a World Championship at Mercedes feels like a "failure", but thinks that playing less of a team role may not necessarily have improved his chances, given the potential for more tension. The Finn spent five years with the Silver Arrows, during which time he helped them to secure consecutive Constructors' Championships, whilst teammate Lewis Hamilton won back-to-back titles between 2017 and 2020. Bottas, though, has left the squad without a World Championship, and is honest about the fact that this sometimes eats away at him. "Because that's ultimately, since [being] a kid, it's your goal, your...
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