Bottas wants to end Mercedes F1 career with “really special” fifth title

Valtteri Bottas says he wants to leave Mercedes having won the Formula 1 constructors’ championship for a fifth consecutive year,
Race winner Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 celebrates with team mate Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Mercedes AMG F1 in parc ferme.
Race winner Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 celebrates with team mate Valtteri Bottas …
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Since becoming teammates in 2017, Bottas and Lewis Hamilton are undefeated with Mercedes winning the constructors’ champioꦺnship every year.

If Bottas and Hamilton are to secure the ti൲tle, it will equal Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello's five-in-a-row for Ferra🎃ri in 2000 to 2004.

Going into🥃 the final two races of the season in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi, M▨ercedes leads Red Bull by just five points. 

With Bottas leaving the team fo🔴r Alfa Romeo at the end of the year, he’s wants to bow out from Mercedes w🔥ith a fifth consecutive constructors’ crown.

“It is important for me,” Bottas said. “Even though I’m leaving, I’m not giving up on any goals that we have for this year. So, a fifth title together in a row would be something really s♍pecial to be part of, would be better than four. 

“So that's definitely a goal and it's al💎so a motivation for me to keep pushing.”

While neither race went ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚentirely to plan for Bottas, Mercedes had the quickest car in Brazil and Qatar, winning both with Hamilton.

The Finn is confident Mercedes can maintain its s🅠trong form into Saudi Arabia with the high-speed nature of the Jeddah circuit ex🧸pected to play into its strengths.

“It was a bit surprising, actually, 🉐how good it was but now it seems like tracks with a high-speed content are pretty good for us and high-speed corners are also not too bad,” Bottas explained. 

“That gives us a bit of hope𒁃 for Saudi. I think we’re in a good form at the moment, we’re having a good run, with good performance, so we need to try and keep up the good momen꧒t and the good work.

“We’ve learned a lot with the sꦿet-up, we’re setting up the car a bit differently, nowadays, compared to t𝕴he beginning of the year, so we live and learn.”

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