Valtteri Bottas looks set to depart the F1 grid at the end of the season after being dropped by the Stake squad.
His Cadillac will be arriving soon.
Actually great idea for that team — a race winner with a lot of experience that they can probably get for cheap-ish.
Isn’t he signed up to reserve drive for Mercedes next year? Then he may end up at Cadillac
I don’t see Bottas finding a home in red bull, his personal feelings aside. They have strong upcoming talent with Tsunoda, Lawson, and Hadjar. Max isn’t going anywhere, it’s too much driver competition and the math doesn’t work. It’s unfortunate, I’ll miss him on the grid.
Do we have any idea why Bottas says Red Bull doesn’t like him?
I’m just passing through from c/all and I don’t follow this sport at all, so take this with a tiny grain of salt, but in my experience whenever someone leaves a job and says that its because so-and-so didn’t like them, it usually means they got firedI’ll try to give better context since you’re coming in blind.
As in many sports, “fired” isn’t generally the term used when athletes are dropped from teams, but it’s true that he likely would have preferred to continue racing at least for his current team, Sauber.
Bottas is generally very well liked, and there’s no indication that there was a personality conflict between himself and Sauber. Unfortunately, this is a very competitive sport and Bottas is nearing the natural end of his career. He has been blisteringly fast before, but was never a serious world championship contender, and the team he’s with have decided to move on with other drivers.
Prior to racing with Sauber, he was a reliable and quick #2 driver at powerhouse Mercedes, cementing them as one of the most dominant teams of all time, and helping them to a string of championships. During this time, one of their fiercest rivals was Red Bull. Red Bull has their own pipeline of talented drivers, and while they likely respect Bottas’ skill, it’s unlikely that they’re interested in hiring aging talent that is firmly associated with their rivals.
If I could use a strained example, it’s a bit like saying that Steve Ballmer of Microsoft wouldn’t get a job at Apple because Steve Jobs didn’t like him. It may be true, but Jobs has no control over Ballmer at Microsoft and couldn’t fire him in any case.
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Unfortunately that’s not the case here 😅 The driver in question has no previous association with the Red Bull F1 teams.
Haha serves me right for giving my unwanted opinion 😅
They were the victims of Bottas’ Hungary 2021 Bowling. (/s jic)
