Bottas won't settle for one-year Mercedes extension

Despite not entering contract talks with Mercedes till late summer, Valtteri Bottas says he won't settle for just a one-year extension.

Bottas signed for Mercedes from Williams in 2017 on a one-year deal, but performances last season - including three wins earned the Finn a one-year extension.

"I would like to stay with this team, hopefully for a long time," he said

"That is my target. As long as I keep performing like I've been performing this year so far, naturally it should be OK, all good.

"I always kind of had one-year deals, so I would naturally like to know at least for the next two years what I'm going to do."

Bottas believes his relationship with Lewis Hamilton is a positive in his role at Mercedes, adding:

"It started off well but it's only got better as we got to know each other,

"We have very good respect both ways.

"After Baku, straight after he came to me and said, 'You did a really good race and you deserved to win'.

"We are good teammates. We want to help the team together and work together, but we also want to win. He is a pretty complete driver, I feel like I'm getting more and more complete all the time."