HOCKENHEIM, Germany -- Valtteri Bottas has revealed he completed his new contract negotiations with Mercedes in the space of just two weeks after the team confirmed a one-year plus option deal on Friday.
Teammate Lewis Hamilton also signed a new contract this week but after agreeing the basic deal at the Monaco Grand Prix took nearly two months to mull over details and refine his package with team boss Toto Wolff. Meanwhile, Bottas only entered meaningful discussions at the last round in Silverstone to agree a deal for 2019 with an option for Mercedes to keep him in 2020.