Bottas not interested in being gifted F1 win by Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas says🌃 he does not want to be given a victory by Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Lewis Hamilton in return for his actions at the Russian Grand Prix.
The Finn waꦜs told to give up his position while leading in Sochi in order to strengthen🌼 Hamilton’s championship position, prompting Hamilton to label the race as “one of his most difficult moments” of the season.
Valtteri🔴 Bottas says he does not want to be given a victory by Mercedes Fo🧔rmula 1 teammate Lewis Hamilton in return for his actions at the Russian Grand Prix.
The Finn was told to give up his position while leading in Sochi in ord𝕴er to strengthen Hamilton’s championship position, prompting Hamilton to label the race as “one of his most d൲ifficult moments” of the season.
Despite having already wrapped up this year’s title heading into this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, Hamilton insisted he is 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:not planning to reverse the scenario shou♑ld he find himself leading a Mercedes 1-2 in one of the remaining twꦕo rounds of the year.
Meanwhile, Bottas stressed he is only interested in beating Hamilton fair and square for race win🎶s.
“Definitively I don’t want to win if it’s given to me, I want to win by 🎶doing it by myself,” Bottas said.
“Coming here knowing that there is a possibility to win a race is obviously a good feeling,” he added. “You all knoඣw what my goal will be for this weekend, so it’s꧙ going to be up to me and I need to perform at my best level to fight for the win.
“For sure we both want to finish as high as we can, we want to win the race, that’s how🐷 it goes. So, as a team, we both aim to be as strong as we can in qualifying and in the race.
“We all know there’s a chance for us to secureꦛ t🌌he constructors’ title here, but it’s not something we want to think about too much.”
Bottas turned in a strong performance last year in ꦯBrazil, taking pole position before being pipped to victory in the race by Sebastian Vettel after losing the lead into Turn 1.
“Last year it was🧸 a really strong race 🐎weekend for me, so I really hope it will be again,” he said. “Definitively that’s going to be the goal [to be as competitive].
“It was a pretty strong weekend, overall, just lost it at the race start, I think. I’m aiming 🍸to have a good weekend.
“It’s not going to be easy t𒉰o be Lewis, like in every other race weekend, but also to beat the red cars and also the Red Bulls. I have to say we’re on a good mindset for this weekend.”
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