Valtteri Bottas found negotiations with Mercedes over a new Formula 1 deal for the 2019 season "pretty straightforward", claiming he only properly sat down with team boss Toto Wolff to discuss his future a couple of weeks ಞago.

Mercedes announced on Friday ahead of practice in Germany that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Bottas had signed a new m🥀ulti-year dea🦹l, keeping him with the team fo🌠r 𝓀the 2019 F1 season, with an option for 2020.

B𝓡ottas joined Mercedes at the start of 2017 following Nico ꦦRosberg's shock retirement and has scored three race wins with the team, contributing to its constructors' championship win last year.

Speaking about his new deal, Bottas hailed the stability it offered Mercedes, with the team confirming 24 hours earlier that L🙈ewis Hamilton would be remaining for the next two seasons.

"It's always nice when it's official. I think honestly never in my career𒀰 so far, I've known at this point already for next year, so that's positive," Bottas said.

"I think it's really good that we can now both, me and Lewis, only focus on the rest ♈of the year. I think it's going to be a tough♒ battle between two, maybe three teams. We need to stay focused and need to keep pushing.

"We both🙈 knowও we're going to be here as teammates next year. The team knows that, so it's good."

Bottas said he felt negotiations were "pretty straight♛forward", going on to reveal he only formally sat down with the team to discuss his contract ahead of the British Grand Prix two weeks ago.

"It was only just before Silverstone we sat down with Toto, and now we already have a contract. N𝓀ormally with me, everything is straightforward," Bo🦩ttas said.

"I felt a small amount of pressure went off my 𓃲shoulders, even t𒁃hough you don't want to think about it, but between the races you do. I think now it's a good situation for us as a team, for me, for Lewis, for all the team."