“Nothing has changed,” Valtteri Bottas ‘clears the air’ regarding his relationship with Lewis Hamilton following his move to Alfa Romeo
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Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas (via IMAGO)
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a lot of success with Mercedes as they won 5 constructor’s championships in their time together. But, the speculation was always their during Valtteri Bottas’ time with Mercedes was that he is the number 2 driver for the team and always played second fiddle to the seven time world champion. To a certain extent, we can say that there was some truth to the statement.
Toto Wolff has come out and said this oftenly that there is no number 1 and number 2 at Mercedes but his actions have pointed to something exactly different. It has always felt like team was working towards making Lewis Hamilton the world champion whereas the other driver, which was Valtteri Bottas in the current scenario, is there to make sure that Mercedes keeps that stranglehold on the constructor’s championship.
Valtteri Bottas played the perfect team game during his time with Mercedes. Although there were times when he was told not to race Lewis Hamilton when he had the pace, he didn’t take that to heart. He just kept his head down and kept on working in consonance with the team to achieve their goals, while sidelining his own ambitions of winning that coveted driver’s world championship.
Valtteri Bottas reveals the kind of relationship he shares with ex team mate, Lewis Hamilton, now
This treatment had raised questions of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton’s relationship. But the current Alfa Romeo driver has cleared the air regarding his relationship with his ex team mate, Lewis Hamilton.
Valtteri Bottas said, “It’s been nice. It was pretty natural. After the race, I drove past him on the in-lap and I heard he was on the podium, so I gave him thumbs up and he did the same.”
“And we actually flew together after the race to Dubai. And we flew from Dubai to Saudia Arabia. So we’re still sharing flights. In a way, nothing has changed.”
“It is nice. We have a good relationship in a way. Because we did achieve quite a bit of things together as teammates. I think that kind of friendship will for sure last too.” As reported by people.
Valtteri Bottas has confirmed that there are sour feelings between him and Lewis Hamilton following his move to Alfa Romeo. It’s been a great start for Valtteri while Lewis has been struggling. Let’s see how they fare out in this season.
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