Bottas not interested in being gifted F1 win by Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas saꦆys he does not want to be given a victory by Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Lewis Hamilton in return for his actions at the Russian Grand Prix.
The Finn was told to give up his positio♔n while leading in S🦂ochi in order to strengthen Hamilton’s championship position, prompting Hamilton to label the race as “one of his most difficult moments” of the season.
Valtteri Bottas says he does not want to be given a victory by Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Lewis Hamilton in return for hi๊s actions at the Russian Grand Prix.
The Finn was told to give ♋up his position while leading in Sochi in order to strengthen Hamilton’s championship position, prompting Hamilton to label the race as “one of his most difficult moments” of the season.
Despite having already wrapped up this year’s title heading into this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, Hamilton insisted he is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:not planning to reverse the scenario should he find himsel🥃f leading a Mercedes 1-2 in one of the remaining two rounds of the year.
Meanwhile, Bottas stressed he is only interested in beating Hamil൩ton fair and square for🌃 race wins.
“Definitively I don’t want to win if it’s given t🧔o me, I want to win by doing it by myself,” Bottas said.
“Coming here knowing that there is a possibility to win a race is obviously a good feeling,” he added. “You all know what my goal will 𝓀be for this weekend, so it’s going to be up to me and I need to perform at my best level to fight for the win.
“For sure we both want to finish as high as we can, we want to win the race, that’s how it goes. So, as 🦩a team, we both aim𒆙 to be as strong as we can in qualifying and in the race.
“We all know there’s a chance for us to secure the constructors’ t♊itle here, but it’s not something we want to think about 🍒too much.”
Bottas turned in a strong performance last year in Brazil, taking pole positio🧔n before being pipped to victory in the race by Sebastian Vettel after losing the lead into Turn 1.
“Last year it was a really strong race weeken🧸d for me, so🔴 I really hope it will be again,” he said. “Definitively that’s going to be the goal [to be as competitive].
“It was a pretty strong week꧂end, overall, just lost it at the race start, I think. I’m aiming to 𒆙have a good weekend.
“It’s not going to be easy to 🐼be Lewis, like in every other race weekend, but also to beat the red cars and also the Red Bulls. I have to say we’re on a good mindset for this weekend.”
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