Russia 2020 – Again to the place it started
Bottas once more misplaced floor to Hamilton within the drivers’ championship because the 2020 marketing campaign progressed, scoring loads extra podiums however dropping useful factors, which means he arrived on the midway Russian Grand Prix greater than two race wins adrift in factors phrases.
Bottas began third, behind Verstappen and Hamilton, however cleared the previous when the lights went out and shadowed the latter within the opening exchanges earlier than extending his first stint (going 10 laps longer than his crew mate) and slotting into P1.
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Turkey 2021 – A stroll at Istanbul Park
Bottas needed to wait greater than a 12 months for his subsequent – and to at the present time most up-to-date – Grand Prix win, however it was arguably the most effective of the lot as he mastered difficult, slippery circumstances to take the chequered flag first on the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix.
Transferring into pole when Hamilton took a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change, Bottas resisted title challenger Verstappen at Flip 1 and edged clear thereafter – constructing a lead of virtually 15 seconds in what crew boss Toto Wolff known as a “10 out of 10” drive.
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