Valtteri Bottas’s time on the F1 grid looks to be coming to an end – at least for the time being – following news of his impending exit from Kick Sauber after the 2024 season.
Since making his debut back in 2013, the Finn has enjoyed a successful career in the sport in which he has picked up 10 wins, 67 podiums and 20 pole positions. But alongside the statistics, Bottas has also notched up countless memorable moments both on and off the track that have made him an entertaining presence in the paddock.
We’ve rounded up some of the best Bottas memories that are sure to live long in the minds of F1 fans…
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“To whom it may concern”
What better place to begin than with one of the sport’s most iconic soundbites of recent years. Despite achieving all of those aforementioned victories in his five-year stint with the Silver Arrows, there were also some challenging times there for Bottas – none more so than the 2018 season, in which he failed to score a win and slipped down to fifth in the standings, a contrast to team mate Lewis Hamilton’s strong drive to another title.
While he considered quitting the sport after this campaign, Bottas instead opted to come back as a reinvigorated driver in 2019. The man from Nastola looked a determined figure in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and promptly beat Hamilton to victory – leading to him famously firing back at his critics over the radio by saying: “To whom it may concern – f*** you.”
