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Valtteri Bottas shows off his Arctic Rally M-Sport Fiesta

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas has shown off images of the rally car he will pilot when he makes his competitive rallying debut later this month at the Arctic Lapland Rally. The Finn will drive an M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC, decked in white and blue and featuring his permanent F1 race number, alongside co-driver Timo Rautiainen. The event acts as the season opener for the 2019 Finnish Rally Championship and runs from January 24 to 26. It's not often drivers are given permission to take part in events outside of F1, particularly rallying which carries a high risk factor. In 2011, Robert Kubica took part in a rallying event and suffered near-fatal...
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