VIDEO : Wolff Reminds Valtteri Bottas of a Secret Plan After Emilia Romagna GP Qualifying
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Formula One F1 – Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy – Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas after qualifying in pole position Pool via REUTERS/Luca Bruno
Earlier, Valtteri Bottas took a brilliant pole at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. After completing his final run in Q3, Bottas and his boss, Toto Wolff, had a cheeky exchange of words through the team radio. Apparently, both have planned something later in the evening, but the pole-sitter reminded Toto to maintain it a secret.
As Bottas saw the chequered flag for the Qualifying session, he took to his team radio to celebrate his pole position. But surprisingly, Toto entered the radio. He said, “you know what we need to do tonight.”
The Finn acknowledged Toto’s statement and with a chuckle, he replied, “Aha, yes. Let’s keep it to ourselves.”
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Formula One F1 – Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy – Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas after qualifying in pole position Pool via REUTERS/Luca Bruno
Whatever the deal that may be between the two, Bottas deserves it. The Mercedes driver looked like the second-best to his teammate over the entire practice session. The same trend continued through most of the qualifying session.
But Bottas took the Mercedes garage by surprise as he managed to be the best at the very right time. Though the margins were extremely small between himself and Lewis Hamilton, the former did an incredible first sector which helped him jump ahead of Lewis.
Could Valtteri Bottas win his teammate battle this time around?
Over the last two race weekends, Bottas has looked the best of the two during qualifying sessions. But when it came to the race, he failed to deal with Lewis’s pressure from behind as Bottas ended up making mistakes that eventually cost him the race wins.
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Formula One F1 – Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy – Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas celebrates after qualifying in pole position with Lewis Hamilton who qualified in P2 Pool via REUTERS/Luca Bruno
Similar to Nurburgring and Portugal, Bottas will yet again start the race from the front of the pack. But could he turn things around and win the race for a change?
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Well, there is no doubt that Bottas has the potential and the speed to keep himself ahead of Lewis. But the current championship leader has showcased better race craft. This has assisted Lewis to strike his teammate during the latter part of the race.
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The strategy has worked for Lewis in the last two races. But could Bottas break the shackles and keep his in-form teammate at bay and see the chequered in P1? Watch the race on Sunday to know.
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