Valtteri Bottas entered the 2019 marketing campaign trying to proper the wrongs of a difficult second time period at Mercedes that noticed him place a win-less fifth within the standings whereas workforce mate Lewis Hamilton charged to a different world title. However anybody who doubted the Finn would quickly be in for a shock, with a new-and-improved ‘Bottas 2.0’ combating again in fashion on the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Within the newest instalment of our Best Race collection, he shares his vivid recollections of that particular weekend…
A rollercoaster journey for Bottas at Mercedes
It was shortly after his fourth season at Williams that Bottas’ cellphone buzzed with an surprising alternative. Nico Rosberg had simply shocked the F1 world by retiring from the game because the newly-crowned champion and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff wanted somebody to fill the seat.
