News Details
Bottas claims stage win in rally debut
Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a productive rally debut, claiming a stage win and finishing P5 overall in the Arctic Lapland Rally. The Mercedes driver, partnered by Marcus Gronholm’s long-time navigator Timo Rautiainen, drove a Ford Fiesta WRC as he looked to begin 2019 with a new challenge on the snowy roads of Lapland. Bottas' WRC-spec Fiesta enjoyed a slight power advantage over the R5 machinery of his direct rivals, most of which were driving cars from the World Championship's WRC2 category. Similarly to his Formula 1 characteristics, Bottas chose a conservative approach at the outset but by Friday afternoon he was up to P5, locked in a fierce battle with P4 Skoda Fabia driver Henrik...
Full Story »
Full Story »
5y ago from PlanetF1.com
0
You May Also Be Interested In...
Bottas concludes Arctic Lapland Rally fifth - claims...
Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a productive rally debut in Finland, the Mercedes...
5y ago from F1i.com
Bottas Claims stage win in WRC and finishes 5th...
Valtteri Bottas has finished 5th overall and has won a stage in the World...
5y ago from GPBlog.com
Valtteri Bottas takes fifth, and stage win, on rally...
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas claimed fifth place, and a...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com
Bottas completes rally test ahead of Lapland Rally
Valtteri Bottas has successfully completed his first test at the wheel of...
5y ago from GPBlog.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Quartararo: Marquez's Honda exit ‘woke a lot of...
Fabio Quartararo believes Marc Marquez's exit from Honda last term 'woke a...
5h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Could Acosta get a Verstappen-like mid-season...
No description available...
9h ago from Motorsport.com
Marquez: Rossi-like Acosta can't be ruled out of...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Quartararo stresses ‘quality over quantity’ with...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
Power “didn't have any defense” against Dixon due...
No description available...
1h ago from Motorsport.com
Brake issues hinder Rosenqvist’s chances for victory...
No description available...
1h ago from Motorsport.com
Pourchaire earns second IndyCar outing with Arrow...
Arrow McLaren announced Tuesday morning that Theo Pourchaire will driver...
9h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Arrow McLaren confirms Pourchaire for Barber...
No description available...
9h ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On TotalWRC.com
FIA not at war with manufacturers over 2025 WRC...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
ERC star Sesks secures WRC Rally1 graduation with...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Mārtiņš Sesks to drive M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1 in...
Latvia’s Mārtiņš Sesks will benefit from the support of WRC Promoter...
1d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Ogier's last-gasp Croatia Rally victory on surprising...
There had been no major incident on WRC Croatia for 17 stages. That...
2d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On GunnersToday.com
'Sunday League level player', 'Antony of Chelsea' -...
No description available...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com
'60 million down the drain' - Top 10 funniest memes as...
No description available...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Pochettino refuses to blame Chelsea players despite...
t;li>Chelsea lose 5-0 in their heaviest defeat against...
44m ago from TheGuardian.com
Arsenal 5-0 Chelsea: Gunners' Player Ratings as...
No description available...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Comments
Hottest News
Hamilton car camera captures Verstappen's TRUE feelings...
A touching moment at the Chinese Grand Prix... Read More »
6h ago from GPFans.com
Horner Red Bull saga in new 'evidence' update as big F1...
The Christian Horner saga rumbles on as Red... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com
F1 team 'set to announce MEGA signing' in major Red Bull...
Ferrari have already signed Lewis Hamilton for... Read More »
4h ago from GPFans.com
