The Finn has also impressed in Sochi so far and topped the training sessions of the weekend.
By Sahil Gupta
| Updated: 24-Sep-21 7:14 PM IST
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Outgoing Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas announced that in the first half of the 2021 season he felt that he was not allowed to fight for the world title, while his teammate took the lead in the first half of the year. “At least at the beginning of the season I had the feeling that I was no longer allowed to compete, but you never know. We go race after race. I think in Formula 1 you just never know how the season will go on. It the Finnish driver revealed that there are still “a lot of races, so don’t say never.” Bottas will leave the Mercedes F1 team at the end of the year and end a five-year stint with the team in which he finished second to Lewis Hamilton twice. He will join the Alfa Romeo team as the lead driver in 2022, which was staged by Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team boss who also heads the Finn.
“For me personally, coming here is different so I just think about winning. That’s the only thing that matters to me and at least that’s my approach for this week,” he added, hinting that he did may not be as cooperative with Hamilton as before.
Valtteri Bottas will join the Alfa Romeo team at the end of the season
Bottas impressed at Monza after being announced as an Alfa Romeo driver ahead of the race. He won the sprint race and came back from the back end of the grid thanks to an engine penalty to an impressive P3 behind the McLaren cars.
Bottas has been under pressure for a long time when Mercedes became wild to promote George Russell in his seat as he is viewed as a successor to Hamilton.
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“I think it’s easy to put it that way, but that’s how I felt at Monza. I almost felt like a load off my shoulders and just enjoyed it. So it sure doesn’t hurt. I felt good. ” and I still feel good, “he revealed. The Finn has also impressed so far in Sochi and topped the training sessions of the weekend.
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