Valtteri Bottas is the subsequent F1 driver to face our Attending to Know quiz with a mix of bizarre, quickfire questions. From the second that triggered his love for the game to the F1 stars who would make his professional biking workforce, and his musical experiences with former workforce mate Lewis Hamilton to the food-related present he couldn’t establish, the Finnish racer reveals all within the video participant above and transcript beneath…
Are you able to describe your self in three phrases?
Passionate, quick and relaxed.
What made you fall in love with F1?
The ultimate hit for me was in 1997, when Mika Hakkinen received his first race within the final race of the season [at Jerez]. That well-known race when Jacques [Villeneuve] and Michael [Schumacher] collided. That was the ultimate factor [where I thought], ‘Okay, wow, that’s one thing loopy!’
When and the place did you first drive one thing? Alex Albon advised us in regards to the time he drove round Disneyland as a five-year-old and cried…
[Laughs]. No, I didn’t cry! I did crash on my first lap, my very first lap. I used to be 5 years previous and that was in my residence city, in Finland, in Lahti.
What number of occasions did it take you to cross your driving check?
The primary time! Simply. The speculation check, driving check, no worries! Even the truck licence, first time…