Crash.net’s Lewis Larkam sat down with Valtteri Bottas for an exclusive interview
In recent years, the 34-year-old Finn has come out of his shell, allowed his personality to shine and embraced his ‘zero f**** given’ persona. He no longer takes himself too seriously and he is enjoying life more than ever.
This newly-discovered love was sparked by his partner Tiffany Cromwell, an Australian professional cyclist. This is a side to Bottas we did not see during his time at Mercedes. Bottas got his big break in the height of the Silver Arrows’ dominance, but he quickly found himself playing a supporting role to teammate Lewis Hamilton’s championship bids, and having little stability as he was handed year-by-year contracts.
“For the first time having some stability in the sport as well. And just being more mature. Understanding how the world works, how F1 works. “First, it was kind of like a joke,” he explains. “Because in 2022 my hair was actually getting quite long because it was the end of the season and I didn’t have time to go to a barbershop.
"My social media, I do everything myself and normally if something funny happens, I just try to share it. People like normal, silly stuff,” he says. The post went viral and Bottas used the exposure for good, raising over $50,000 for charity by selling prints of the image. This later inspired a nude calendar, which made over $150,000 for men’s health charity Movember via sales on ‘
“With coffee or gin, I can kind of choose my workload. Obviously during the season it’s more challenging,” he adds.
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