Valtteri Bottas was on course to improve upon last year’s result after day one of the Arctic Lapland Rally, sitting eighth in the overall standings. The Mercedes F1 driver is understandably a big rallying fan, being from Finland, and this is the third consecutive year in which he has taken part in this event which is inside the Arctic Circle. Bottas finished fifth in 2019, when he recorded a stage win, and ninth last year. He had four more stages to tackle to try and work his way up the order. Driving a Citroen DS3 World Rally Car with Timo Rautiainen – who guided Marcus Gronholm to two world titles – as his co-driver, the 31-year-old was just under two minutes adrift of event...
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