Valtteri Bottas took a humorous blow against his own Mercedes team after an unpredictable weekend at the Russian Grand Prix. Bottas, 32, eventually finished fifth in Sochi, despite having to start from the end of the grid due to his fifth engine of the season.
He clearly saw the funny side of this development and posted a Photoshop edited picture of himself smiling in front of a huge pile of junk, along with the line “Just a picture of Valtteri with all his engines” on Monday.
The post is unlikely to have amused its bosses at Mercedes, who this month finally confirmed that George Russell will replace the Finnish driver for the 2022 season.
Bottas will join the Alfa Romeo Racing Team instead.
The weekend in Russia had started so well for Mercedes that they dominated the first two practice sessions, but on Saturday Lewis Hamilton collapsed in the pit lane during qualifying – an incident that stopped Bottas as a mechanic was busy with the car of the British cared.
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“Valtteri, in the race we expected him to defend himself a bit to fight the Mercedes corner against the Red Bull team and Verstappen, but he just seemed to wave him through.
“Maybe he just didn’t want any trouble. It doesn’t look like he’s racing. It was almost like a gift to Max.”
However, not everyone sympathized with Hamilton and his team. Tom Bellingham who the. directs WTF1 motorsports broadcaster, took a hit on what he saw as the deliberate tactics of Toto Wolff and Co. in order to keep Hamilton’s title rivals early.
“Mercedes really could have used it bottas between Hamilton and Verstappen at this stage of the race. If Valtteri had only qualified 7th or so “, he tweeted.
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