Marko Hanželic
After five years at Mercedes je Valtteri Bottas joined the team before the start of this season Alfa Romeo. As he says himself, however, the Swiss team was not the only one who wanted him in their midst. "Two days after I signed for Alfa Romeo, I received a call," he remembers Bottas: "We want you to drive for us, but we are willing to pay half of what Alfa Romeo has to offer."
Finn he did not want to reveal which team wanted to consider him a racer, but added: “I told them that it was a bit late and that I was happy with the decision to continue my career at Alfa Romeo. I think we can write a beautiful story together. ”
With ten wins and twenty first starting positions in five years at Mercedes je Bottas satisfied but acknowledges: “When I joined the Mercedes team in 2017, I had only one goal in mind - to become a world champion. Unfortunately, I didn't succeed in that, but I can still look at everything from a positive side. "
“As a person and as a racer, I have made a lot of progress in these five years and learned a lot. Together we managed to achieve many extraordinary successes, so there were a lot of positive things, ” concluded the XNUMX-year-old from That's it.
