Wolff wants victory for Bottas in Abu Dhabi

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff wants to help Valtteri Bottas claim his first win of the season, and his first win overall since last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, at Yas Marina on Sunday - now that the drivers' and constructors' championships have both been secured.

Bottas has largely played a secondary role to Lewis Hamilton's title challenge in the 2018 Formula 1 season, with Wolff previously calling the Finn a great "wingman" for the five-time world champion.

Now, however, Wolff's aim is to get a race win for Bottas - something which has evaded him for a year partly due to team orders being issued.

“The championship pressure is off so we can look at this as one race where we can really go for broke,” said the Mercedes chief.

“Our Silver Arrow has won 10 races so far this season and we all want to add one more to that score – especially Valtteri, who has lost out on wins this season through bad luck and team orders.”

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Even though Hamilton has won the drivers' title and Mercedes the constructors', Wolff wants to end the season with another win to keep momentum going into 2019.

“We have taken four wins in a row at Yas Marina, although it’s a track with a lot of slow and medium speed corners," the Austrian continued.

We’ve made some good steps forward when it comes to our car’s performance on similar tracks, so we’re confident that we can perform strongly in Abu Dhabi as well, and end this incredible 2018 season on a high.”

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