Like most American sports viewers, I'm watching The Last Dance on ESPN every Sunday. Now, while I'm not ready to compare Lewis Hamilton to Michael Jordan, I would compare the Mercedes F1 team to the Chicago Bulls of the 1990s. And what I (and many others) have learned from watching that is, don't mess with a winning combination. I'd leave Bottas right where he is and let Hamilton race and win (with healthy competition from Bottas - but no melodrama from someone like Vettel) until he's ready to retire.

Absolutely, the fans would love to see a dogfight between Hamilton and Vettel. But poor old Toto would wind up on anti-anxiety meds. His praise of Vettel recently was just (IMO) a way to let Lewis know that he couldn't get a 100% pay raise and use of the Mercedes jet fleet on weekends.