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A lot of speculation and rumors in F1 at the moment . I read this morning that Bottas has removed from his Instagram page any reference to Mercedes . At the same time Russell has removed from his Instagram page any reference to Williams . I don't have a Instagram account so I can't verify if true .

Hamilton has to be sweating his position of power in regards to contract negotiations . Nothing erases what he has done for the team but every athlete reaches a sell by date 😁 . If I am Mercedes and I am looking at paying Lewis 50 million per year in a future contract or 1 million a year for Russell that has to come into play , Mercedes is not stupid .

I am in no way saying Russell is equal to Hamilton , but he is definitely in the ballpark of being a great driver with years ahead of him . Here's a crazy theory : Hamilton signs a two year contract ( or longer ) but Mercedes send Bottas to Williams for the final year of his contract and switch Russell into the second Mercedes .

Lewis gets what he wants and Mercedes gets Russell in house to groom to be the successor . Russell is the future and can't fine tune his skillet in the Williams . Personally I think after last week's race Bottas is mentally damaged goods . I like the guy and feel bad for him on his luck or lack of . But just like Albon the excuses have to stop at some point .