News Details
Bottas admits overthinking hurt his form in 2017
Valtteri Bottas admits he was overthinking and starting to drive unnaturally when his first Formula 1 season with Mercedes began to go awry. While teammate Lewis Hamilton took control of the championship battle with four wins from five grands prix after last year's summer break, Bottas started struggling to get the Mercedes to his liking and fell off the pace. He arrested that slide with pole for the penultimate race in Brazil and then a win in the Abu Dhabi season finale, but admits his run of poor performances had been mentally draining. "After struggling quite a lot for a couple of races, it wasn't easy mentally because I was quite confused in the beginning - like 'what's going...
Full Story »
Full Story »
7y ago from Motorsport.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Bottas: Mercedes has no idea where we're going to be
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 driver Valtteri Bottas concedes he has “no...
7y ago from Crash.net
Bottas: 'Everyone starting from zero again in 2018'
Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas says he's looking forward to getting back...
7y ago from F1i.com
Valtteri Bottas:
Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has spoken about how eager he is to seize...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com
Renault admits 2018 F1 customers will be...
Renault admits it expects to face challenges managing the expectations...
7y ago from Motorsport.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Yamaha and Pramac unveil 2025 MotoGP bikes in Kuala...
No description available...
17h ago from Motorsport.com
Yamaha and Pramac display 2025 MotoGP liveries
On Friday, Yamaha and its satellite team, Pramac Racing, displayed its...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
KTM already working on 2027 MotoGP rules as it...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
KTM riders Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta discuss 2025...
Factory KTM riders Brad Binder and Pedro Acosta discuss their respective...
1d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
Penske President Tim Cindric to reduce leadership role
Team Penske announced on Friday afternoon that long-time President Tim...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Team Penske's Tim Cindric steps back from his...
No description available...
11h ago from Motorsport.com
PREMA completes first on-track IndyCar test session
PREMA Racing conducted its first on-track test session in IndyCar earlier...
2d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Zak Brown: IndyCar "should slipstream on the back...
No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Fourmaux to keep ‘head on shoulders’ after...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
The five big takeaways from the WRC Rally Monte Carlo
No description available...
4d ago from Motorsport.com
Solberg handed penalty for drifting on Monaco GP...
No description available...
5d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Martin Ødegaard relishing ‘heat’ of battle with...
t;li>Arsenal captain up against friend Erling HaalandTeams fought out...
8h ago from TheGuardian.com
Liverpool boss Arne Slot claims Arsenal use same set...
No description available...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com
'Not as if they've just realized what they're missing'...
No description available...
12h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Premier League GW24 predictions: Arsenal to win...
Sports Mole takes on Glenn Smyth - a member of rock'n'roll blast band...
12h ago from SportsMole.co.uk
Comments
Hottest News
Ricciardo Cadillac 2026 verdict issued as BOMBSHELL drops...
The FIA have revealed a shock new entry for a... Read More »
7h ago from GPFans.com
Lawson tipped to suffer from 'Verstappen curse' at Red Bull
The latest in RacingNews365's series of... Read More »
37m ago from RacingNews365.com
'Max is not arrogant, but direct', claims his father, Jos...
Jos Verstappen opened up about the personality of... Read More »
8m ago from F1Technical.net
