Valtteri Bottas is probably already tired of answering the same question about what he will do in the future. Without a contract for the coming year, he launched an entire social media campaign under the slogan What’s Next? (literally “What’s next?” or “What’s next?”) and even got such a tattoo on his left thigh.
We will return to his actions as part of this campaign, but for now we will retell a few news on this topic, dated towards the weekend in Las Vegas.
For example, Toto Wolff hinted on TV channel Viaplay that the Finn could indeed return to Mercedes as a reserve driver: “Nothing has been signed yet, nothing is ready, but if we can get him back, everyone in the team will be very happy . Cheerful.”
But even before that, the famous BBC journalist Jenny Gow, who took part in the podcast The Fast And The Curious (“Fast and Curious”), asked the following question: “If I say that Valtteri Bottas will move to Red Bull, will it sound absolutely foreign? But they seem to be looking for rider No. 2, and they should probably turn to him too.”
Perhaps Jenny deliberately wanted to provoke a wave of rumors on this topic, but it is quite logical to assume that if Red Bull Racing wants to find a replacement for Sergio Perez, why not pay attention to such an experienced professional who is not tied due to commitments next year with none of the championship teams.
It is not surprising that Bottas was asked to comment on this during communications with the press in Las Vegas. And this is what he replied: “I don’t know, but I don’t think this is an option. It seems to me that there are people at Red Bull who don’t like me for one reason or another.”
We don’t know what Red Bull thinks about this; there was no response from them. In the meantime, Valtteri continues his What’s Next campaign, which is taking new forms.
During the race weekend in Las Vegas you could buy some very nice sweatshirts with this slogan; they were released in a limited edition of 77 pieces and sold for $77. At the same time, the Finn assured that part of the money will go to a fund to help people who have unexpectedly lost their jobs.
Source: F1 News
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