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Doesn't need to match his teammate though, he needs (from a Merc POV) to ensure the team get the WCC & WDC. He generally does a good enough job (which isn't asking much given the performance Merc have generally had over the competition during his stint) to not interfere with Hamilton too much and get solid points that prevent another team competing for the WCC.
Now that Merc might actually have some competition (though who knows what's going to happen next season), I think they'd much rather have one driver take all the wins and another who's happy to fight for 2nd-4th. Though feels like Bottas was getting tired of the number 2 driver treatment so may not have played ball for much longer regardless.
Definitely expect Russell to go all out and not sit back and be ordered to hold back. Fingers crossed at least!
I've also personally never rated Bottas that much (compared to the rest of the field), just this generation's Barrichello/Webber/Massa.
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Rubbish and completely unable to match his teammate?
He seems like a likeable guy but he's been given the best car on the grid for season after season and he hasn't managed to do much with it. Rosberg was supposed to be number two and really took the fight to Hamilton. I suspect the same will be true for Russell.