Valtteri Bottas faces its second season in 2023 in alfa romeo after leaving the team Mercedes. Despite the fact that he had several victories and podiums there, he has recounted the bad time he went through assuming that he was not a better pilot than lewis hamilton.
The Finn joined the German team in 2017 to replace the world champion Nico Rosberg, who had suddenly withdrawn. And with such a superior car, the objective was none other than to win the title of the Formula 1but he didn’t get it.
In an interview for his country’s newspaper ‘Sanomat Helsingin’, the ’77’ confessed that he always thought he could win, but when he left Mercedes he realized that Lewis Hamilton was a better driver than him.
“For someone with a competitive spirit like me, it was hard to take. It was last year when I could admit that Lewis was a better driver than me. I always knew how to beat him and win the World Cup. I was wondering after five grueling years if I could do it. when it didn’t happen, it was hard to accept“, he explained.
The bad drink ended with him at the starting gate and the arrival of the great pearl of the Mercedes quarry, George Russell: “The 2021 season was the most difficult. My future was at stake and I didn’t know which team I was going to compete for. Seeking outside help was a big step.”
