Valtteri Bottas has insisted he’s “not carried out but” in Components 1 after he failed to complete his remaining race for Kick Sauber in Abu Dhabi, whereas his staff mate Zhou Guanyu limped house thirteenth.
With Kick Sauber choosing an entire new driver line up in 2025, Bottas and Zhou each knew this was an opportunity to go away a long-lasting impression, and one which may see them come again into rivalry for race seats sooner or later.
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However for Bottas, his race went downhill on the very first lap. After an excellent qualifying that noticed him begin ninth, he acquired tousled behind some vehicles, earlier than discovering himself within the midst of a ‘three into one’ state of affairs that noticed him make contact with Sergio Perez’s Purple Bull. In addition to choosing up harm and dropping locations, he was handed a 10-second time penalty.
“Positively not the perfect end however these items occur, it’s racing,” Bottas mentioned. “Not the primary time, all the things simply went improper since Lap 1.
