Valtteri Bottas: “Beating Lewis isn’t easy. But I don’t like anything easy in my life...”

F1 Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

As Lewis Hamilton’s team mate at Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas finds himself consistently measured against a driver many consider the best of all time. But far from being overawed, the gritty Finn actively relishes the challenge, and has become a consistent race-winning threat.

On this week’s show Bottas opens up about mental resilience, motivation and self-development, and also gives us a fascinating look into his private life: beards, dogs and - yes - porridge...

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0:09.0	We look at dogs! Speak!
0:12.0	Hi there! Look!
0:14.0	Good dad dog, just say hi there.
0:16.0	To explosive action like the old man.
0:19.0	Hey kid, it's me. They found me.
0:21.0	You want to tell me again?
0:23.0	Think You Know Disney Plus?
0:25.0	Think Again.
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0:29.0	Hi, I'm Walter Botas and you're listening to Beyond the Grid.
0:39.0	Hi everyone and welcome to Beyond the Grid presented by the new Bose Noise Canceling Headphones 700.
0:45.0	I'm Tom Clarkson and joining me this week is a current Grand Prix winner and he's also driver with one of the most difficult jobs in motorsport
0:53.0	because he's Lewis Hamilton's teammate at Mercedes.
0:56.0	I'm talking of course about Valtteri Botas.
0:59.0	Valtteri's been in Formula 1 since 2013 when he made his debut with Williams.
1:04.0	He moved to the Silver Arrows in 2017 and he's currently enjoying his best F1 season to date.
1:10.0	Up to and including the Russian Grand Prix, he's had four pole positions this year, which is as many as Hamilton, and he's taken two victories.
1:19.0	But as well as being super quick, Valtteri's also one of the sport's good guys.
1:23.0	He's a straight talker, he's fiercely competitive and he has the respect of Lewis Hamilton.
1:29.0	Outside of the racetrack he's a family man and he loves nature.
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