Valtteri Bottas thinks it has become harder for drivers to show their real personalities in Formula 1's business-first environment, but says he has now come to a point where he doesn't take himself too seriously.Bottas, who joined F1 in 2013 with Williams, too struggled to get his personality across during his early years, but after leaving the pressure cooker of Mercedes he has now opened up at Alfa Romeo.
"As a rookie I would have not come to the paddock with a tank top and flipflops, not even a few years back," he admitted. "It is tricky getting to Formula 1," the 33-year-old explained."Sometimes it's difficult to see the real personalities on track. "Over the last 10 years there were some personalities like Daniel Ricciardo who really came up showing his personality. I think it's good to see but it is how it is because it's serious business and there's big companies and big money involved."photoshoot wouldn't have been possible earlier in his career either.
do they even have personalities lol, drivers have more opportunity then ever there just boring as fuck, look at lando doing streams as a perfect example of a driver showing the world who he it
Is it just me or does that moustache make him look like Nigel Mansell?!
Yeah
People stopped having personalities after Senna/Prost etc.. 70s/80s and early was filled with them..well since racing began until the 2000s.. personally is punished these days. Not just in F1.
lando norris 😔🙏 they media trained all his funniness out of him
Lando is a great example. Zero fun and would throw a bucket of water on Dan every chance he got.
I mean… is it? Drivers can show their personalities with the use of social media etc., rather than serious media interviews. That makes the younger generation so popular 🤨 the streaming quartet being an absolute highlight during covid
Valtteri has no reason in F1 any more. He was a decent wingman at some point. Now he just holding a seat that could be given to a younger driver..
*looks at Ricciardo making Norris laugh hysterically a few years ago* has Bottas been watching the same sport I have lately?
Don't agree at all
Funny coming from someone that has none
Is it? I feel like there’s more camera time on the drivers than ever. Could it be that most racing drivers are just not that interesting to talk to? 🤔
Real. F1s always had fun personality driver at the front. Ricciardo, Button, etc. but everyones so serious in the top teams because if you show a slip of seriousness your dedication is called in to question
agreed. one of the many downsides of the netflix generation, i'm afraid. these politically correct crybabies need to stop watching the sport.
Didn’t Scott Dixon test a Williams BMW back in the 2000’s bit stuck with IndyCars because he didn’t like the seriousness of the F1 environment?!
he a fail
Crespo1Ein Personality these days equates more to the pretty boy look.
Nikita Mazepin was such a fine example of good decent behavior. not
We don’t need more clowns like DR or LN..
No worries. No others continuously try to show their butts to the public like you.
No worries. Not everyone trying to show their butts to the public like you.
Drive in indycar.
Same for every sport. No personalities anymore. Just marketing tools.
Things went downhill when Giovinazzi was forced to cut his hair, he loved his style 😆
Agreed.
yeah just look at ferrari's or mclaren's social media accounts. serious environment
Has to be woke and PC because F1 is now american owned.... so sad
That’s funny coming from someone who just developed a personality this season.
Bottas has no personality so idk what he’s worried about
F1 twitter will break you n bring you down. Its not even about the serious environment 😂
Why do F1 drivers start doing politics as soon as they start to underperform?
Common Bottas W
The top epitome of motorsport has a problem with new drivers showing personalities? It's the most cut-throat of any world sports and will always be that way. You can be as boring as a paint drying but if you're fast on track nobody will care what you're like out of the car.
Yep. What with the fia and their NDA's, redbullracing boycotting anyone who tells the truth about the AbuDhabiScandal , and lazy F1 media simply repeating whatever PR comes their way, it's pointless and even hazardous for anyone in F1 to say anything meaningful
Is he trying to get out of the closet? Spent too much time being Hamilton's doormat, probably.
better than his new workshopped 'personality'
Well it’s the media that make assumptions, biased reporters that stir up certain sensitive “fans” and there you find yourself judged by a group of people that absolutely not know you.
Just be yourself. Don’t need to be serious all the time.