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Bottas' winter decision deadline was ‘joke' – Wolff

Jun.20 Toto Wolff says he was 'joking' when he declared that Mercedes' decision about Valtteri Bottas' future could be delayed until as late as February next year. Wolff, Bottas and Williams driver George Russell touched down at Paul Ricard amid swirling rumours that the decision has already been made to replace Bottas with Russell for 2022. Earlier, it was stated that a decision during the summer break was most likely – but Wolff suddenly changed his tune when asked ahead of the French GP. 'Sometime in the winter,' the Mercedes team boss said when reporters asked what the deadline was. 'But I can't say whether it will be December, January or February. A late decision like that is...
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