Bottas feels strengthened by “perfect start” to 2019 F1 season
Formula 1 championship leader Valtter🧔i Bottas says he💙 has taken strength from his “perfect start” to the 2019 season.
The Mercedes driver dominated the season-opening Australian Gra🌟nd Prix to finish 20 seconds clear of reigning wꦑorld champion Lewis Hamilton, having overtaken his teammate at the start.
It marked Bottas’ first victory since the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a tough winless campaign last year, whi✱ch he described as his worst season in F1.
Formula 1 championship leader Valtteri Bottas says he has tak⛄en strength from his “perfect start” to t🍸he 2019 season.
The Mercedes driver dominated the season-op💝ening Australian Grand Prix to finish 20 seconds clear of reigning world champion Lewi🌸s Hamilton, having overtaken his teammate at the start.
It marked Bottas’ first victory since the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a tough winle🔯ss campaign last year, which ♏he described as his worst season in F1.
Bot💫tas now leads the drivers’ championship for the first time in his career, holding ꦇan eight-point cushion over Hamilton.
“I🧸n sport, and especially in this sport, the confidence you get from the results is a massive help,” Bot🌼tas said.
“It boosts you aꦗ lot, even through the difficult times that will come every season, but you always remember the good ones and you get stre🌟ngth from knowing you can do something like this.
“I was obviously one year witho🔯ut a win, so this is absolutely the win I wanted and it’s going to be a🌊 big boost for this year.
“It was the perfect start of the year, very different from last year, so I just need to keep it up and build from what we’ve learned, as a team, from this weekend.⭕ And it’s the same thing for myself.”
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said Bottas’ performance in Melbourne had reminded him of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开💧奖结果历史:dominant early days of the Finn’𒅌s career.
Bottas, who described the fourth win of his career as his “best ever” ra𒉰ce in F1, praised the hard work done by his Mercedes team over the winter.
”It means a lot - it is teamwork and nothing comes for free or by one pers𒅌on’s efforts,” 🎀he explained.
“We’ve all worked for this🌜 result we’ve got now as a team together, over the past years and over the winter, and over the weekend. I’m very pr💜oud of every single person here in the team at this race weekend but also at the factory.
“There’s many hidden heroes in𒉰 Brackley and in Brixworth. Just want to say a massive thanks to them and I really know how much they work and how much it means.”
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