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He is currently in eighth place in the standings with 46 points.įeature Image Credit: Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images If you feel a bit anxious about things, take a step back, there’s always so much more to get if you don’t give up.”Īt the moment, Valtteri Bottas is showing himself to be competitive in the Alfa Romeo. “I just want to tell people to always look at the big picture in life.

I was like ‘Yeah, let’s do this,’ and then I won the first race!”īottas’ advice when put under pressure is direct: I was just standing still, looking around, and could feel this adrenaline. Sometimes I like to disappear, go for a hike for one or two hours in the snow. “I was walking in a Finnish forest, in the middle of nowhere. He finished the campaign in second place behind Hamilton with four wins and five pole positions. But after hiking in South America and the Finnish forests, his home, he chose not to give up.īottas perceives 2019 as a special season. When asked if he just wanted to change teams because he couldn’t keep up with Hamilton or if he wanted to end his Formula 1 career ultimately, Bottas admits:īy Katy Roberts 2 days ago The turning pointīottas had actually already decided to end his career in Formula 1 in 2018. Towards the end of ’18, especially when I started to have the support role, I really couldn’t take it, I really struggled. “Just because of the fact I couldn’t understand and take in the fact I couldn’t beat Lewis in those two years. Overall, he finished the 2018 season in fifth place – for the second Mercedes driver, alongside the then world champion Hamilton, there should have been more.īut Formula 1 is not an easy sport, and the consequences of small mistakes can be enormous.īottas explains precisely how he fared in Motorsport Magazine’s podcast My Big Break. By the end of the season, even the other podium steps remained out of reach for him. Bottas’ 2018 seasonĢ017, in the first year after Bottas switched from Williams to Mercedes, he managed to take the win three times.īottas did not even once reach the top step of the podium. Valtteri Bottas had to experience this painfully. Having Hamilton as a direct teammate, the person you measure yourself against the most, is even more difficult. It’s not easy to keep up with multiple world champion Lewis Hamilton. Image Credit: Clive Rose via Getty Images After two years at the top-performing racing team, however, he found himself in a “ dark place” and even thought of turning his back on Formula 1. Valtteri Bottas was chosen as the successor for the retiring Nico Rosberg at Mercedes in 2016.

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