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"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
08/14/2019 at 14:02 • Filed to: bottas, F1

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Valtteri Bottas isn’t basking on the beach in Mykonos or Ibiza during F1's summer break, or snoozing on the sunny shores of a Finnish lake, but perfecting out of public view his rally technique.

While the Mercedes driver awaits his fate for 2020, he took a Ford Fiesta for a spin a few days ago, running the M-Sport WRC beast in the forest near Ferisen in Germany.

Anyone think he will be in a Mercedes next season? I’m thinking no, and how brutal is RBR?? Gasly is out, I kind of think Albon will do better but you never know if they like how the car is. Gasly seemed very promising too but maybe only up to midfield. It will be very interesting to see Albon in the RBR with so much power and downforce after the break. They had no idea the Honda PU would get so good within five races, they had to add downforce to the car.

DISCUSSION (11)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
08/14/2019 at 14:14

WRC is Bottas’s Plan B

BeaterGT > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
08/14/2019 at 14:14

Bottas has been in a number of the top WRC cars now, wish I had those kind of connections! Would love to see F1 drivers take part in actual WRC events.

As for Red Bull, I think Gasly’s performance was more brutal than how RB handled the situation. The mental game is still an element and they supported him all throughout the first half of the season. If you’re given a race winning car and you can’t even make it to the podium or in the top 6, then you don’t deserve a seat in a top team.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > BeaterGT
08/14/2019 at 14:19

Yeah something is off, maybe mental. Or the car is set up in a way that doesn’t suit him, like Kimi and Ferrari a few times, he just drove a different way. But in this case I do think mental considering how new he is. It’s the right thing to do . Bottas is a Finn so WRC wouldn’t be a crazy idea.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/14/2019 at 14:22

Yeah seems so, FE seems like the shitty option people don’t want to resort to. And if he is good at it, it might be a good fit. He probably has a bunch of cash now. I just can’t watch FE, something isn’t right about it. Maybe if they were on the same circuits as F1, these flat barricaded tracks are not what I want to see so much of. Plus no engines, I may be driving an EV to work someday but I don’t want to see them race.

BeaterGT > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
08/14/2019 at 14:26

I’ve seen a few videos of Bottas’ runs and he didn’t look as comfortable in the Fiesta as he did in the Yaris. I think he podiumed when he did that local rally though so he definitely has the base speed/control . The leap from WRC2 to WRC seems gigantic now (and even then, another jump to the top guys) so it would be interesting to see where he would enter in.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
08/14/2019 at 14:30

He did the rally over the winter and really impressed the field. Hopefully M-Sport has the Bottas Budget, though

BeaterGT > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/14/2019 at 14:35

You mean Gazoo ;)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > BeaterGT
08/14/2019 at 14:39

Toyota already has Latvala and Tanak

BeaterGT > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/14/2019 at 14:43

So they drop Meeke and grab Bottas? I see no problems here!

Hoccy > BeaterGT
08/14/2019 at 16:11

Meeke might be dropped, but they will bring in Kalle Rovanperä instead of Bottas

BeaterGT > Hoccy
08/14/2019 at 16:14

I know :(

Kalle aka The Max Verstappen of WRC