Valtteri Bottas not worried about 2020 seat

Valtteri Bottas, who at least admitted he has to up his game, calling 2018 with Mercedes as his worst formula one season, says he is not worried he could lose his seat after 2019 to Force India refugee Esteban Ocon. "For sure the first season with Williams was difficult, but you can't compare that to now," he said. "2017 felt different to this. I was the new guy and still, I remember how disappointed I felt here a year ago," Bottas said in Abu Dhabi. "Looking back now, I realise I did win a few races. So I'm even more disappointed now," he added. Mercedes Team director Toto Wolff’s comments on Ocon suggested that the seat for 2020 is up for grabs. Asked if he is worried, Bottas said: "No. In formula one there are all sorts of talk, and it's only natural that every driver wants to use every opportunity. "But it's not my job to worry about that. I have an excellent relationship with everyone on the team, including Toto. We hide nothing from one another. "If next year I achieve my goals and the goals of the team, then everything will be fine. If not, the team will rightly decide that I am not performing well enough. That's the way it should be in sports," said Bottas.

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