News Details

‘I almost stopped': Bottas reveals Hamilton pushed him towards retirement

Valtteri Bottas has been discussing the mental hardship he went through while at Mercedes, and reveals that he almost walked away at the end of 2018. Bottas was promoted as a last-minute replacement for the retiring Nico Rosberg ahead of the 2017 season, and he would partner Sir Lewis Hamilton, who was eager to win his fourth title having lost out to the German in 2016. The now 32-year-old took three wins in his debut year with the Silver Arrows and, while his pace at the start of the year was nothing to scoff at, he began to struggle at the end, although he capped off the year in fine style as he took victory in Abu Dhabi. READ: Alpine set to run Piastri in France amid Williams links In...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Sainz: I pushed a bit too much, it cost me

Carlos Sainz rued a mistake at the end of qualifying in Montreal on...
1y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Russell fires warning at Mercedes despite strong pace...

George Russell appeared to agree with team principal Toto Wolff’s...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Leclerc: All the work we've done on bouncing is in the...

Charles Leclerc lamented the FIA's decision to clamp down on 'porpoising'...
1y ago from GrandPrix247.com

‘It was not his wrongdoing': Wolff defends...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was glad to see an end to Sir Lewis Hamilton’s...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marquez reflects on worst MotoGP Friday of 2024 at Le...

Marc Marquez was baffled with the struggles during practice at the French...

Martin tops French GP second practice, Marquez misses...

Pramac Ducati's Jorge Martin dominated Friday's MotoGP running at the...
12h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar IMS – Qualifying Results

The IMS road course hosted a knockout qualifying session Friday afternoon,...

Palou captures IndyCar pole for IMS GP

IndyCar’s exciting knockout qualifying took place Friday afternoon, with...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Rovanpera 1 second up on Ogier in Toyota 1-2-3

The first full day of WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal delivered action in...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Tottenham Hotspur 'offered hope of cut-price Ivan...

Tottenham Hotspur reportedly receive a boost in their bid to sign England...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.