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The Formula 1 champion said Friday that Finnish driver Valteri Potas had signed a new contract and that he could continue another two years.
The announcement was made a day after Mercedes confirmed that his teammate Lewis Hamilton, four-time world champion, signed a new two-year contract with the team up to the end of the season. the end of 2020.
The Mercedes announced in a statement that Potas, 28, had joined the team last year. Surprisingly, he will stay in 2019 with an option to continue for another year. "Valtieri's performance was outstanding this season and if it was not for our mistakes, it would probably be the drivers championship now," said Toto Volf, president of Mercedes. "When we made the decision to keep Valteri in 2019, Or his commitment, but also his personality and his relationship with the team and Lewis, based on trust.
Potas is fifth at the world championship, 59 points behind the second Hamilton and has not won any race so far this season.
Hamilton won three races and eight points behind Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari.
Botas seemed confident among the speculations that Mercedes could use the French for Force India Esteban Okon
The announcement was spent on any hope of a smooth transition "Reeval" Daniel Ricciardo to Mercedes next season [19659004] "This year has been a good step forward and I'm sure the best is yet to come," said Potas.
"We have not been very lucky in this year's races, but the Team knows my level and it's an excellent ind icateur of confidence in my abilities. We are fighting a big battle now and it is good to have a future clarification for everyone and that means we can only focus on the competition in the championship. "
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