Valtteri Bottas has criticised the “b*******” rumours linking him to an early exit from the Cadillac System 1 outfit after a difficult begin to the 2026 marketing campaign.
Hypothesis started swirling in sure corners of the trade that Bottas was vulnerable to dropping his seat on the debutant F1 staff, his first full-time drive since leaving Sauber on the finish of 2024.
The rumours got here after being second-best to team-mate Sergio Perez throughout the opening 5 grands prix, because the Mexican has outqualified him on 4 of the previous 5 events together with sprints.
However with a two-year contract at Cadillac, Bottas is ignoring the rumours because the 10-time grand prix winner thinks “headlines” and “clicks” are the one cause they began forward of Monaco this weekend.
“It is a part of the game, it isn’t the primary time I face these form of rumours, however it’s kind of of a disgrace that anyone simply makes up full bullshit,” stated Bottas, whose seat was consistently beneath query throughout his five-season stint at Mercedes between 2017 and 2021.
“However that is regular on this sport, and I do know my state of affairs, staff is aware of my state of affairs, they assist me 100%, in order that’s why from my aspect it was okay in the long run.”
Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac Racing, Sergio Perez, Cadillac Racing
Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / LAT Photographs by way of Getty Photographs
Cadillac is with no level this season having been a backmarker as anticipated and it isn’t since spherical two in Shanghai that Bottas has completed forward of Perez on the highway.
That prompted the Finn’s aspect of the storage to take a deep dive into why he’s struggling a efficiency drop in comparison with Perez and Bottas is “assured” they perceive what’s gone improper.
“I caught up with the staff final week about it,” he stated. “We might see points, each on the PU aspect and the automotive construct aspect, that is as a lot as I can provide you.
“However we are able to see causes, which is sweet to see, however yeah, we have to hold engaged on the standard, on how we construct the automotive, how we match all of the elements, and so forth.”
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