Wolff: Bottas must have hope "tables will turn"

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas undoubtedly played 'second fiddle' to championship leader and team-mate Lewis Hamilton this season, but his boss Toto Wolff has backed the Finn to turn his fortunes around.

Bottas is winless so far this season but has played a brilliant 'wingman' role to his team-mate Hamilton with the Mercedes man running away with the world championship.

Wolff believes that Bottas' time will come sooner or later, and has insisted that the Finnish driver needs to trust that it will.

Bottas' series of unfortunate events this campaign has meant that he is out of contention for the drivers' championship and his boss has sympathy for Valtteri.

"For every racing driver, that is a very difficult situation to be in because everything you dream about and everything you work for is winning the World Championship," Wolff told F1i.com. 

Wolff was very complimentary regarding Bottas' talents and believes that he won't be in a 'support-role' all of his career and could one day, challenge for the title himself.

"He has always been a team player and that is one of his greatest character traits," Wolff added. "Valtteri could have won races this year, but the odds were against him. However, luck isn't just a one-way street, and I know that Valtteri has every ingredient it needs to win at this level.