Bojan Vrbnjak
In 2022, he will have to Valtteri Bottas say goodbye to the team Mercedes. But even before there will be a new season in which he will play for the team Alfa Romeo, even started, the Finn will be exposed to a new challenge. Because 5 and 6 February will attend the event Race of Champions (ROC), which will be on Sweden.
Finca's participation ROC organizers announced on Tuesday. In Bottas he said: "I’m really looking forward to finally being able to perform at the Race of Champions after years of watching this event on television. The fact that this event will be held on ice this year will be all the more interesting to me." Valtteri Bottas for years in addition to his main service in Formulas 1 also participates in the winter months rally event. In 2019, he even tested the current one WRC race car for M-Sport. Last winter, however, it was snowy Lapland rally won sixth place.
Bottas he hopes the experience gained at ice surfaces rally also helped at the ROC event. “I have attended the Arctic Rally several times, which is why I hope this experience will help me beat strong competition, especially from my Scandinavian neighborhood from Sweden and Norway.”In addition to the current Formula 1 runner-up, they will be on Sweden other motorsport stars also performed, such as the nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb and also a nine-time Le Mans champion Tom Kristensen. So far, participation has also been confirmed by the former DTM series racer Mattias Ekstrom, world champion in Rallycross Johan Kristoffersson, X-Game Champion Travis pastrana, former rally champion Peter Solberg in Oliver solberg.
Za Bottas this will be the first participation in this event. He was last ROCK, THE CAT conducted in 2019 in Mexico City, before the coronavirus pandemic prevented further implementation. In 2020 ROCK, THE CAT performed only online as eSports an event. It will be in 2022 Race of Champions first performed on ice. The event will take place 100 kilometers south of polar circle on the frozen Baltic Sea.
