News Details

Valtteri Bottas prefers tracks that penalise errors despite heavy crash

Valtteri Bottas says he prefers Formula 1 circuits that penalise mistakes, in the wake of his hefty crash during practice for the Austrian Grand Prix. Bottas suffered a snap of oversteer through Turn 6 and skated across the gravel before he suffered a heavy front-on impact with the barriers on the outside of the corner. Bottas was uninjured in the accident but it brought his day to a premature end. 'Even though I crashed, I do prefer to be penalised for the mistakes,' he said. 'It makes it more exciting. I think that is how it should be and definitely mistakes here cost a lot with aggressive kerbs and minimal runs-off and everything.' Bottas’ day was also compromised by an...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Valtteri Bottas will return to his spec-2 engine after...

Mercedes has confirmed Valtteri Bottas will use his spec-2 engine for the...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Albon explains why he didn't take Spec 3 engine

As the only Honda-powered driver not to take the Spec 3 engine, Alexander...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

Valtteri Bottas back to Spec 1 after Mercedes detects...

Valtteri Bottas has reverted to Mercedes’ Spec 1 power unit for...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Mercedes engine issue hits Bottas in Austria

Valtteri Bottas' Austrian Grand Prix weekend got off to a sluggish start...
5y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Team Penske IndyCar leadership fired over Indy 500...

Team Penske announced on Wednesday morning that it has released three...

Theo Pourchaire partners with Simon Pagenaud to...

Theo Pourchaire has begun working with Simon Pagenaud to help the young...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal transfer news today: Gunners 'seriously...

Arsenal are reportedly seriously considering a move to sign a Real Madrid...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal readying summer move for £100m Chelsea and...

Arsenal intend to sign a new winger this summer, and they have identified...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Viktor Gyokeres to Arsenal transfer 'fear' emerges as...

Arsenal journalist Charles Watts would have one 'big fear' if the Gunners...
5h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Report: ‘Talks have begun' for Arsenal to sign...

Arsenal could be set to make a major signing at the start of the summer...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.