EXCLUSIVE: Valtteri Bottas hits out at doubters with ‘short memories’
Valtಌteri Bottas remains coꦰnfident of securing a drive for the 2025 F1 season, despite his options running low.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas insists he is “not finished” with F1 as he continues his search for a seat on the 2025 grid, in an exclusive interview with mahbx.com's Lewis Larkam in Austria.
The Finn is one of several drivers out of contract next season and either he or teammate168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Zhou Guanyu will lose their drive after Sauber signed 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg from Haas.
Despite seats quickly running out, Bottas remains confident about remaining on the F1 grid next year. Ahead of this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, he told mahbx.com he believes he still has “three options”.
“There’s still opportunities,” he said. “I think there’s more than two at the moment, still. Probably three options. Here is on🍸e for sure.
“We are still talking in here. Just need a🦄 bit more time. There’s options, that’s a good thing,𓂃 and I’ve got my priorities as well.”
Although he wouldn’t be drawn on exactly which teams he was referring to, they are likely to be Williams and Alpine, as well as his🗹 current employers Sauber.
Bottas suggested that he is waiting on outgoing Ferrari driver168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Carlos Sainz to make a decision first, with the Spaniard believed to have off꧅ers on the table from Williams, Alpine and Sauber.

Asked if he would be at peace with the prospect of ending up without a drive for 2025, Bottas repliꦬed: “I’m not finished yet with the sport, that’s my feeling.
“I definitely still have years to go an𒆙d much to give for the sport and the team I will be with. That’s my feeling. I’m 🔜not ready for that.”
Statistically, Bottas is the most attractive free agent available on the driver market given he has the most victories and pole positions, yet the 34-year-old 𒐪does not h🍒ave a drive secured.
“On the driver market with whose free at the moment, yeah for sure, that’s a fact,” he said when those statistics were 🌳put to him. “So I hope that will help me.
“People can have short memories in this spor🌼t, but the people w💧ho know, they know what I can do and that’s the main thing that I need to trust - that okay that will sort me out.
“It’s always the sport, it’s not just pure performance. There’s other element𓃲s. Your nation𒀰ality, if you have a sponsor package or not, these kind of things. It’s the name of the game. It’s not always fair.”
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