Valtter🥂i Bottas says he has a “Plan B and even a Plan C” in case he loses his Mercedes Formula 1 seat to Esteban Ocon for t🅷he 2020 season. 

Bottas faces an anxious wait over the summer break to find out about his F1 future, with Mercedes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:setting an August deadline to firm up its 2020 driver line-up plans. Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton has a deal ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtaking him until the end of next year, while the German manufacturer has an option to extend Bottas’ contract for an additional year upon its expiry at the end of th✃e current campaign.

But it faces a dilemma in the shജape of its reserve driver Ocon, who was left without a full-time F1 drive this year after losing his seat at Racing Point to make way for the arrival of Lance Stroll. Mercedes is desperate to ensure Ocon ends up on the grid as it does not want to lose its highly-rated prospect to a rival team.

“When you are in this situation, as with everything in Formula 1, you need to have a Plan B and, sometimes, evဣen a Plan☂ C,” Bottas said.

“For sure when you’re t💝alking about stuff it’s always good to have🌠 different plans and that’s what I’m doing.

“I’m not really nervous, but for sure it would be ܫnice to hear some news from the team, to know what they want to dܫo, as well.

“What can I do? I was trying, took a bit of a risk, trying on the outside into💝 Turn 1 and then it was a bit messy in Turns 2 and 3.

“Got a bit unlucky with the front wing damage, so it could have been a completely different rac♛e.

“I don’t thin𝐆k one race is going to change anything, like I said on Thursday, and I’m sure weℱ’ll get some more news soon.”

Bottas sits second in the 2019 drivers’ standings having taken two victories from the opening 12 rounds. The Finn is 62 points down on champ💟ionship leader Haꦑmilton and just seven points clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

Mercedes boss Tot🀅o Wolff said that it work to provide Bottas wit💟h a “soft landing” should it ultimately opt to promote Ocon.

“We have responsibility for𒀰 the juniors and for the ones who are in the car with us right now,” Wolff explained. “We’re not going to do anything that is going to make it harder for them.

“Whatever we decide we’ll consider what are the options for the driver to go elsewhere. If it’s for Esteban to progress [elsewhere], to make it back one day in a Mercedes; or if it’s for Valtteri to have a ‘soft landing’, beca💃use he deserves it, he had great speed [in quꦏalifying].”