Bottas has a big year ahead of him


Motor Racing - F1 Formula One - Formula One Test Session - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmelo, Spain - March 9, 2018. Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes during testing. Picture taken March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Gea

LONDON (Reuters) - Valtteri Bottas could be fighting for his Formula One future this season but the Finn says he feels less pressure than last year when he joined champions Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton's team mate.

The 28-year-old has no certainty beyond 2018, and rivals are already eyeing up one of the sport's most coveted seats, but believes he can raise his game to the point of being a title contender.

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