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Wolff: Both our drivers can be world champion

Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton will be given the same backing at the start of the 2020 season in their quest for the driver's championship, says Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. Yet to seriously challenge Hamilton in their three years together, Bottas has long been viewed as the de facto 'number two' in Mercedes' pecking order by many outside observers. However Wolff maintains the Finn continues to be given equal treatment by the Silver Arrows, at least when the season begins. 'Both Bottas and Hamilton have always had the same opportunities at the beginning of the season,' he told Austrian newspaper Österreich. 'We want to give both our drivers the opportunity to be world champions.' In...
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