The Valtteri Bottas appreciation thread

I like VB, I think he did a better job at Mercedes with Hamilton than Perez is doing now with Verstappen. Away from the F1 he's handy on a bike, he's got a good sense of humour and he's a good bloke.

He's having a lot of fun outside F1 but I think he could still be dropped into a top car and give good results.

Bottas is a fantastic driver, did a great job at Mercedes, I thought Russell acted dreadfully that day after he crashed into Valtteri showed a complete lack of class having run out of race craft in a straight line.

20 pole positions, 67 podiums and 10 wins is good record and puts him in the Webber/Coulthard camp as one of the best number 2 drivers.

But he was pretty good at redbull skittles into the first corner that time in Hungary if I recall correctly not many could have pulled that off it was like a trick shot.

This thread should be interesting, given the vitriol from some that Bottas got on this thread:

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Skills

Ladies and Gentlemen, the 2024 Bottass calendar
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzrZZARvuZU/?igshid...

https://ripkytchen.com/products/kalender-bottass



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Great!!!

Movember.

James Vowles has started an Instagram account. Valtteri made a comment on the first post...

Brilliant sense of humour. How many times must he have heard that phrase the other way around, knowing it was unlikely to result in a more positive result for himself? Love the calendar as well, I might buy one and give it to my wife for Christmas, as it’s for charity!

It’s always good to see someone’s true personality come out when the top level of pressure is no longer there - we’ve seen the same with Alonso as well in the last couple of years, somewhat surprisingly, and there’s even politicians who come across as okay people once they’re out of Parliament.