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In conversation with... Valtteri Bottas – reflecting on a difficult 2018
A chuckle, a handshake and a quip of “I’m still alive” is how Valtteri Bottas greeted Motorsport Week's Phillip Horton in Abu Dhabi after the final grand prix of a marathon 21 race 2018 season. What was evident was that the Finn was reflecting on what could have been, another Formula 1 season in which his early promise dissolved into a catalogue of unfortunate setbacks. Many expected that a Bottas 2018 win would come quickly but as the races were ticked off it never arrived. Bottas ended 2018 a win-less fifth in the championship standings, 161 points behind title-winning Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who climbed atop the podium on 11 occasions. Bottas set a...
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