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Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has revealed, he refused to cooperate with Valtteri Bottas at first. However, he changed his mind when he was able to meet Finn in person. ''I was trying to give young drivers the finances and guidance I had missed as a driver. At one point Timo Rumpfkeil, the boss of Motopark Academy, called to help me at Bottas. He said 'I have an exceptional boy who is in the front seat with few resources, you can help him'', remembers Wolff, who turned down the offer first. ''I've had bad experiences with young drivers who help you first, but if they're successful you're completely forgotten, I didn't want to have that again," said Toto, who was called again after two exceptional wins for Bottas, but this time the Finn himself was on the line. "He called and asked if he could meet me. He came to my office and was looking for a manager. He didn't want me, but asked me for advice. However, he came without parents and walked in the snow with a T-shirt. He was a really competitive guy, who knew exactly what he wanted to achieve," Wolff says in a video from Mercedes. The meeting made an impression on Wolff, who not much later was going to represent the interests of Bottas, together with Mika Hakkinen and others. Source: GPfans

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