Method One star Valtteri Bottas has accomplished his exceptional 419km cycle to the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend.
The vast majority of drivers are likely to journey to races on personal jets, however Bottas, 37, snubbed that choice to take his personal route throughout Asia.
The Finnish driver crashed out of Sunday’s chaotic Bahrain Grand Prix, which was held in Malaysia on account of safety considerations within the Center East, and he needed to cowl 419km (260 miles) to get to Singapore.
Bottas started his odyssey shortly after the race completed in Malaysia, and he documented it on social media.
The 37-year-old shared a number of movies and snaps, and on Wednesday afternoon he posted a selfie of himself on his bike with the caption: ‘419.67km commute,’ alongside the tick emoji.
Bottas additionally shared a photograph of his ‘certificates of completion’ after attaining the feat.
F1 star Valtteri Bottas has accomplished his unimaginable 419km journey from Malaysia to Singapore
Bottas started the exceptional odyssey shortly after Sunday’s Grand Prix in Malaysia ended
A few of his earlier posts had included one which was captioned: ‘Taking the trail much less travelled (and possibly a bit longer).’
In one other submit on X, Bottas shared a video of him biking at night time and added: ‘Yea I am driving to Singapore.
‘On the gravel roads much less travelled with my new @canyon_bikes Grail CFR. See you there.’
Bottas travelled alongside his companion Tiffany Cromwell, who’s knowledgeable bike owner from Australia, and wanted to make it there by Thursday to fulfil his media commitments forward of this weekend’s race.
The journey was off-road and on gravel, and on Monday, through the second day of Bottas’ cycle, he coated 161.91km throughout practically six hours, earlier than he made up 161 km on Tuesday.
It’s an uncommon technique to journey to a race for an F1 driver, but it’s maybe no shock that Bottas is endeavor it given he has a historical past of finishing cycling-related endeavours, typically with Cromwell.
This included him qualifying for the Gravel World Championships after coming fifth in an off-road qualifying occasion within the Czech Republic through the summer season.
Nonetheless, provided that occasion comes this weekend, he might be unable to compete.
Previously, he has additionally taken half in different gravel races, whereas he’s recognized to be concerned with FNLD GRVL, a yearly race in his native Finland.
Bottas has ten wins in his F1 profession, however he has endured a troublesome 2026 season with Cadillac after spending final 12 months as Mercedes’ reserve driver.
After 16 races, the 37-year-old is but to attain a degree and he has failed to complete eight of these.
