After the US GP, Savage Valtteri Bottas disses again the F1 engine debacle from Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas did it again! With his open personality, the Mercedes driver is slowly developing into a man of the people. Bottas put his team under the microscope again with a meme in his Instagram story for his sixth PU change this season. Since Mercedes entrusted their driver with another engine change, Bottas had to accept another penalty; obviously it was weird for the driver too.

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In a hilarious post, Bottas hinted at opening an engine shop with all of the PUs he’d collected over the past month. Maybe he can work with his teammate, who can open a tire factory with his pole position trophies.

If you can’t beat them, join in

Bottas shares his own memes!

“After his time at Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas decided to open his own engine parts store”

# F1 pic.twitter.com/RIsyxmCkiG

– SoyMotor.com (@SoyMotor) October 25, 2021

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Although Mercedes looked strong in practice on Friday, the team decided Bottas needed another engine upgrade. Looking back, the Finn scored his first penalty in Monza, where he was deprived of pole position. He also got his fifth ICE in Sochi, which put him at the bottom of the grid; Now, in Austin, Bottas started on P9 after another session.

That’s three engine changes in four races. No wonder that Bottas can make a profit with his engine business!

Valtteri Bottas’ timid Sunday in Austin

Despite the upgrades, it wasn’t a big race for Bottas on Sunday. The Finn started from P9 and crossed the checkered flag in sixth place. The only notable moments of his race were fighting with Yuki Tsunoda before overtaking him and overtaking Carlos Sainz on the final lap.

Regardless of the two places, it was a rather disappointing race for Bottas. Despite the more powerful car, the driver saw the rear end of the AlphaTauri and Ferrari longer than he would have liked. He also missed the decisive championship fight in the front.

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Bottas rightly described his race as uneventful. “It was a pretty uneventful race for me, we did our best, but it wasn’t easy to fight our way through the field. It was difficult to move forward and we knew that because of the temperatures here and the nature of the track, it would be like that. “

Formula 1 F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, USA – October 24, 2021 Mercedes Valtteri Bottas during the REUTERS / Brian Snyder race

Before the weekend, however, Bottas was the last winner of the US GP. Maybe the midfield cars weren’t as competitive two years ago as they are today; a challenge for the Mercedes.

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Nevertheless, the Finn still has five important races ahead of him. Red Bull has made a big leap on the constructors’ council and is moving towards Mercedes. Now Bottas has to point his elbows and eyes forward in the next races so that Mercedes can win the title.

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