Bojan Vrbnjak
Let us emphasize in the introduction that it is not necessary to draw too hasty conclusions. That is not the case yet Bottas plan B or even plan C. C Formulas 1 now there is a summer break, a lull, as all the racers and teams are on vacation. Some just go to the beaches, some wander around the cities, and still others have different goals. Valtteri Bottas however, he sat down in a rally car. He is testing in Germany this week Ford Fiesta WRC.
This is not the first time for Bottas. In the winter, he made a trip to the Lapland Rally in his native Finland, where he also experimented WRC race car Ford. Finnish team racer Mercedes he even won fifth place at the time. In addition, he also took a test with the factory team’s WRC race car a few weeks ago Toyota. For Bottas, this was his first appearance on macadam.
"I do this for it because it feels like it’s good for me,”Is Bottas finally explained his increasingly frequent trips to rally tracks. “You can always learn more about driving. If, as a racer, you get to know several different race cars and several different surfaces, it can always help you. Coordination, reactions, general feeling for the car."
Test Toyota was last for Bottas quite successful. “At the end of the day, I was about as fast as Kris Meeke racing in front of me." Meek, factory racer Toyota in the championship WRC, is currently ranked seventh among racers and second best at Toyota.
So he has Valtteri Bottas the future in rally? “We'll see” is on Hungaroring waved the racer Mercedesa. "My goals are here, in Formula 1. But I admit I had a lot of fun. However, everything you do for fun feels different if you start taking it seriously. If you are one hundred percent at things, it can become your job. However, I am currently doing this for fun."
