F1 2020: Bottas: “I think I’m better than Hamilton”

Lthe season is being difficult for Valtteri Bottas, who sees how one more year, Lewis Hamilton, his teammate, is once again the one who takes the triumphs and distance himself for the world championship.

Bottas won the Austrian Grand Prix that opened the season, to get ahead of the race for the title. But this, however, was short-lived. Since then, the Briton has built up a 69-point lead over the Finn and is on track to claim a seventh world title to match Michael’s record. Schumacher.

The Finn, however, is very confident in himself and his skills as a driver: “I have to believe that I am a better driver than Hamilton, and of course I believe that when I am at my best I know that I can be better than him.” he affirmed to Sky F1, and added: “But obviously there are days when he is better, without a doubt, and in the last few years being his teammate, in general he has been better.”

Valtteri He pointed out that he focuses only on racing: “I don’t do politics, I just love driving, I love racing, I like fair but hard races and that’s what I do, that’s how I’ve always raced and will continue on.”

The one of Mercedes He insisted that, overall, he has been happy with his performances this season despite taking only two wins to seven in Hamilton: “I am quite satisfied with my performance, especially compared to previous years. My race pace has been really good, so I think the performance has been quite positive overall.”

However, it has not been easy, since Bottas has been forced to deal with criticism from outside. Criticisms that made him say “fuck them”, referring to all his detractors, when he won the Russian Grand Prix: “As an athlete, when you feel that you are not achieving your goals and you are not getting the results you expect for a period of time. Long enough time, the frustration just builds. People always judge you even though they don’t know you. Nobody knows what goes on inside people’s heads and that’s why it’s kind of silly to judge people based on what they see. from outside”.

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