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Former financial backer slams Valtteri Bottas
Jan.24 Valtteri Bottas' former financial backer has hit out at the Finnish driver's behaviour. Finnish billionaire Antti Aarnio-Wihuri, the 84-year-old head of the Wihuri Group conglomerate, backed not only Bottas' junior career, but also provided personal sponsorship during the Finn's stints at Williams and Mercedes. Wihuri ended its association with Bottas, 35, after 2018. 'We stopped supporting Bottas when his personal income exceeded one million euros,' he explained to Urheilulehti newspaper. 'We thought it didn't make sense for us to support a guy whose income was at that level.' Aarnio-Wihuri, however, says he doesn't appreciate the fact that after the funding was cut off, Bottas...
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