Race car drivers are a completely different breed.
It takes a special type of person to strap yourself into a rocket ship on wheels and push yourself to the limit. Just as dozens of other like-minded people around you do the same, risking life and limb in their pursuit of checkers. of the flag.
This means that when drivers take a break from track activities, they may find other ways to relax. F1, for example, is in the midst of a long three-week break before the final race of the season, with the final race taking place in a triple-header from Las Vegas to Qatar and finally on the grid in Abu Dhabi. season.
Some drivers are on vacation, but others like Max Verstappen and Lando Norris (the two remaining drivers chasing the F1 Drivers' Championship) are also hooked on streaming video games.
Next up is Valtteri Bottas.
Earlier this month, Sauber announced that Gabriel Bortleto will slide into the team's second seat next season, driving alongside Nico Hulkenberg. The move means Bottas will not have a full-time seat in F1 next season, and one might expect the driver to have had some remorse after hearing the news.
If so, you were wrong.
Bottas took this announcement with a grain of salt. Instead, the Finnish driver decided to complete an 'Ironman in a villa', recreating a triathlon at home.
Bottas took just over an hour to swim 3.8 kilometers in the pool. Cycling 180 kilometers takes some time, approximately five and a half hours for Bottas.
He then got on the treadmill, ran a marathon and completed a triathlon in just under 11 hours to complete an “in-villa Ironman.” As you can see in the video above, Bottas got some encouragement along the way, including a video call from triathlon legend Jan Frodeno.
It's been a while since Bottas won an F1 Grand Prix (his last win was the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix), but this marks the second consecutive season that Bottas has “earned” a break during an F1 season. Masu. Last year, Bottas and his partner, elite cyclist Tiffany Cromwell, traveled to Colorado to compete in the SBT GRVL cycling event. Bottas participated in the SBT Hill Climb dressed as Duffman. The Simpsons:
He may not have a seat next year and it's been a while since he tasted victory in F1.
But Bottas continues to win at life itself.
