F1 star and honorary Aussie Valtteri Bottas unleashes his inner bogan by accomplishing circle work in a Bathurst 1000-successful V8 Supercar ahead of Melbourne Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas has taken his appreciation for all factors Australian to a new degree by getting to be the most current Components 1 driver to consider a V8 Supercar for a spin.
From sporting a mullet to ingesting VB in a singlet, the Finnish wears his really like for Australia proudly on his sleeve so the sight of him behind the steering wheel of a Bathurst 1000 winner appears to be a reasonable next phase.
Bottas, who gained the 2019 Australian Grand Prix, was a exclusive visitor at the once-a-year Adelaide Motorsport Pageant and drove the Holden Commodore around South Australia’s former Components Just one and present V8 Supercars circuit.
The previous Mercedes driver took to the track in a Holden VF Commodore V8 Supercar – the similar motor vehicle which received the 2016 Bathurst 1000 with Will Davison and Jono Webb at the wheel – doing a donut on the front straight in entrance of the group.
Although Bottas cameo was an exhibition, footage from inside of the cockpit shows the Formula 1 veteran is not worried to put his foot down on the gas, irrespective of slippery ailments on the keep track of and his unfamiliarity with the auto.
Valtteri Bottas was a distinctive guest at the annual Adelaide Motorsport Competition this weekend
The Method 1 star drove the Holden Commodore close to South Australia’s previous Method Just one and present V8 Supercars circuit
The 33-year-outdated also drove an Alfa Romeo GTV, earlier driven by 1980 Components 1 winner Alan Jones and 3-periods Bathurst 1000 winner Colin Bond.
Bottas is not the first Formulation 1 driver to get powering the wheel of a V8 Supercar.
Final yr, two-time globe winner Fernando Alonso and Red Bull star Sergio Perez place in a several laps with V8 racers just before the Australian Grand Prix, even though Daniel Ricciardo analyzed a Ford Mustang V8 Supercar in Michigan last month.
The Alfa Romeo driver has formulated into a little something of a cult hero in Australia right after shelling out most of the summertime in Australia with girlfriend Tiffany Cromwell.
And to in good shape in with his new surroundings, Bottas has even taken a trip to the hairdressers to sport an impeccable Aussie mullet.
In a video clip he shared on social media in December, Bottas stated to Cromwell how he felt he failed to in shape in the nation.
As Cromwell asks him how he plans to transform that, the 9-time Grand Prix winner cryptically replies: ‘You’ll see’.
Bottas delighted the crowed by doing a donut on the entrance straight in front of the fans
Bottas has designed into some thing of a cult hero in Australia immediately after investing most of the summer season in Australia with girlfriend Tiffany Cromwell
In December, the Finnish uncovered a brand new mullet though drinking a bottle of VB in a bid to ‘fit in’ much better in his new surroundings in Australia
The 33-year-outdated won the 2019 Australian Grand Prix with Mercedes and has finished in the factors in each individual of his last 4 starts in Melbourne
The video clip then cuts to Bottas walking into a hairdresser and undertaking a somewhat drastic haircut, with the previous Mercedes driver coming out of it with a mullet.
In accurate Australian type, he is spun around on his chair and Bottas is putting on a Victoria Bitter lager vest, and drinking a bottle of VB.
Bottas has endured a combined get started to the season, with an eighth spot complete in the opening race in Bahrain adopted by a disappointed exhibiting in Saudi Arabia, where he completed 18th.
The Finnish will be hoping for improved luck in Melbourne, exactly where he is completed in the points in his past 4 commences.