Valtteri Bottas has poked enjoyable at Crimson Bull for an error through the Qatar Grand Prix weekend over the staff radio.
Yuki Tsunoda’s Crimson Bull race engineer knowledgeable the Japanese driver, “Bottas opening behind. Bottas opening behind,” to which the 25-year-old quipped, “I did not know Bottas was driving, mate?” The cameras lower to the Finnish driver within the Mercedes storage wanting straight down the digicam and elevating his eyebrows.
Crimson Bull was not the primary staff to make the error this yr. Throughout america Grand Prix weekend on the Circuit of The Americas, Racing Bulls advised Isack Hadjar, “Bottas 2, pushing. Bottas every now and then Leclerc 8.” Hadjar responded: “Mate, cease with Bottas, mate. There isn’t any Bottas on observe. It’s totally complicated.”
Bottas shared the clips on social media with the ‘eyes’ emoji.
At the moment appearing because the Mercedes reserve driver for 2025, Bottas is ready to return to a full-time Components 1 seat with Cadillac in 2026. He’ll be a part of the American outfit alongside former Crimson Bull driver Sergio Perez because it makes its debut within the championship because the eleventh staff.
“From the second I started talking with the Cadillac Components 1 Staff, I felt one thing totally different – one thing formidable but additionally grounded,” Bottas mentioned on the time of the announcement in August. “This isn’t only a racing undertaking; it’s a long-term imaginative and prescient.
“It is not day-after-day that you just get an opportunity to be a part of one thing being constructed from the bottom up and serving to form it into one thing that actually belongs on the F1 grid. I’ve had the honour of working with among the finest groups on this planet, and I can already see the identical professionalism and starvation right here.
“That is an iconic model with an enormous legacy in American motorsport, and to be part of the story because it enters the world stage of F1 is extremely particular for me. I’m wanting ahead to representing the American spirit of racing on the best circuits on this planet. I’d additionally prefer to thank Mercedes for his or her unwavering help and sportsmanship in facilitating such an thrilling step.”
Bottas will be a part of Cadillac with the expertise of 13 years within the collection. After making his debut in 2013 with Williams, the 36-year-old joined Mercedes in 2017 the place he drove alongside Lewis Hamilton for 5 seasons earlier than signing with Alfa Romeo/Sauber in 2022. Over his profession to this point, Bottas has secured 10 grand prix wins, 67 podium finishes and 20 pole positions.
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