Valtteri Bottas on Mercedes, Alfa Romeo goals, coffee and cycling

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Leisure, Sports News, News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Five seasons, one unfulfilled dream. Valtteri Bottas will leave Mercedes as a race winner whose brilliant performances contributed to a Constructors Championship quadruple. Yet, as he tells Tom Clarkson, he’ll look back on his years in silver and black with some dissatisfaction. How did Valtteri’s determination to prove himself, the constant uncertainty about his F1 future, and the need to support the team and his teammate Lewis Hamilton combine to make his life difficult? What would he do differently if he could go back, and why will things be different at Alfa Romeo from 2022? Plus, the Finn explains his love of coffee and cycling, and hints at an F1 grand plan which could see him in a red race suit one day…

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0:00.0	An ITVX exclusive.
0:03.4	Who have you ever revealed your real self to?
0:06.4	starring Damien Lewis and Guy Pears.
0:08.8	The man I trusted most, my best friend, has done the unthinkable.
0:14.4	As buy among friends, stream free on ITVX.
0:22.0	I want to be the best, I want to be the champion.
0:24.2	So yeah, in a way, that kind of feels as a failure,
0:27.3	that I haven't been able to achieve that with Mercedes.
0:29.4	But I've tried everything, I've given everything.
0:32.5	It just wasn't meant to be.
0:42.2	Welcome everyone to Beyond the Grid with me, Tom Clarkson.
0:46.0	We've got a treat for you this week,
0:47.7	because my guest is the man who started last weekend's
0:51.1	Mexican Grand Prix on pole position.
0:53.9	It was his second pole in three races,
0:56.3	proof if it were needed that he's driving out of his skin at the moment.
1:00.6	The man I'm talking about is, of course, Valtteri Bottas.
1:04.7	Valtteri's moving on from Mercedes next year,
1:07.2	so I thought this an opportune moment to speak to him about his time
1:11.2	at the Silver Arrows.
1:12.8	The highs, the lows, the pressures, and of course,
1:16.3	about the new challenges presented by his move to Alfa Romeo next year.
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