“I’m not done yet” - Valtteri Bottas vows to make F1 return after disappointing exit

Valtteri Bottas isn't done with F1 despite exiting from the sport after the Abu🍌 Dha🗹bi Grand Prix.

Valtteri Bottas
Valtteri Bottas

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas says he’s “not done yet” with F1 after a disappointing exit from Sauber at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Bottas was forced to retire from the race at the Yas Marina Circuit following contact with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kevin Magnussen.

Th🍌e Finn had qualified in the top 10, but his race fell apart on the opening lap.

He picked up a 10-second time penalty for colliding with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez at Turn 6 and then crashed into 𒐪the♏ side of Magnussen’s Haas.

Abu Dhabi brings an end to a poor final season for Bottas,💮 who didn’t score a point in any of🏅 the 24 races.

Bottas will sit on the sidelines꧋ next year after Sauber opted 🌳to replace him with F2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto.

Reflecting on the race at Yas Marina, Bottas said: “Defi𓆉nitely not the ideal finish but these things happen, it’s racing෴.

“Not the first time, e🌟verything just went wrong since Lap 1. The incident, then I got a penalty for it, then I was at the back out of position and later on, got together with Kevin [Magnussen]. It was my bad, I was defending with old tyres and I tried to brake as late as I could but I just couldn’t stop the car.”

He 𓆏added: “This is not the wa🍸y I want to finish, which is why I’m not done yet.”

What’s next for Bottas?

According to reports, Bottas is set to return to Mercedes as their third driver next ♋year.

He will support 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, and st🥃ep in for either of them as a race driver if necessary.

The bad news for Bottas is that i🥂f he races again in F1, he will have to serve a five-place grid penalty after the stewards penalised him for ꦯcolliding with Magnussen.

Bottas still remains lightning fast, as de🤡mo🐻nstrated by his Q3 appearance in Abu Dhabi.

He also out-qualified 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu 21-3 across the 2024 campaign.

Bottas wants to return to F1 -and perhaps the♋ Cadillac-GM entry will giv🔯e him that chance.

But if it’s the end for Bไottas, he’s had a great caree🐓r, winning 10 races and over 60 podium finishes.

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