Bottas takes first rally victory at Paul Ricard

15 comments on “Bottas takes first rally victory at Paul Ricard”

1. 

   Destian Light
   9th December 2019, 0:44

   Good job! Man of many talents.
2. 

   Chaitanya
   9th December 2019, 4:22

   I hope MotoGP uses that Malaysian GP track for a night race.
3. 

   NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
   9th December 2019, 7:10

   :D What kinda rally was this?

   Every other competitor was French. Bottas and co-driver destroyed them, but then they would, considering he is a world class driver facing local competition.

   Is there any footage of this?
   1. 

      Jere (@jerejj)
      9th December 2019, 7:53

      @jureo At least the Circuit Paul Ricard YT-channel has some footage of the event. For example, here’s onboard footage of Bottas over an entire stage:
      https://youtu.be/1-IfpI9qHAw
      1. 

         NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
         9th December 2019, 8:32

         I found it aswell.

         This is an excellent representation, how an F1 driver drives a “regular” car.

         6 minutes, without mistakes, brilliant, hitting every apex, every rotation is well judged, trail braking, keeping the nose gripping, collecting the rear with minimum time loss.

         Like watching poetry.

         F1 drivers should have to attend events like this, just so we can appreciate skill that goes in to their art.
         1. 

            John
            9th December 2019, 9:16

            How Botas drives you mean. Not all F1 drivers would take to Rally so well.
            1. 

               Ben Rowe (@thegianthogweed)
               9th December 2019, 12:29

               Yea you do have a point. It is a totally different skill to driving an F1 car and lots of f1 drivers could well not even be close to the average rally driver.
4. 

   Jere (@jerejj)
   9th December 2019, 7:47

   So Sepang got the floodlighting infrastructure in place only after it had stopped hosting an F1 race, LOL.
   1. 

      MrBoerns (@mrboerns)
      9th December 2019, 8:05

      Re COTD i guess you might (might as in not sure) be wrong there. I mean something as far from a human’s “natural” skillset as motorracing, there really probably isn’t such a thing as ‘natural talent’. what we perceive as talent is most likely just a very thoroughly learnt skill At a rather young age that has almost become instinctive. and Who is more likely to spend a lot of time in karts at a very young age already…?
   2. 

      MrBoerns (@mrboerns)
      9th December 2019, 8:06

      sorry didn’t mean to reply
   3. 

      Phylyp (@phylyp)
      9th December 2019, 8:36

      In that respect, I’m happy to see that Sepang has life after F1 and have moved onwards, and are hopefully successful.

      It’s just a shame that F1 doesn’t race there anymore.
   4. 

      GeeMac (@geemac)
      9th December 2019, 11:23

      I’m not entirely sure whether I would have enjoyed F1 at Sepang “under the lights”. Floodlights have their benefits, for example when you want to show off a magnificent 21st century city skyline (Singapore) or you want to hide the fact a circuit is in the middle of nowhere (Sakhir). Sepang is neither of those things and sits in quite nice looking countryside… so it doesn’t really need the lights.
      1. 

         frood19 (@frood19)
         9th December 2019, 12:01

         I think the night races add a little something e.g.the sparks and the way it changes how the liveries look. Also it benefits Bahrain for the same reasons @geemac says it’s bad for sepang – it means you don’t have to see the uninspiring desert countryside!
5. 

   Jeffrey Powell
   9th December 2019, 14:48

   Botas obviously enjoys driving in the rally style , I know he has taken part in other more traditional Finnish events up against experienced drivers with some sucess. Many,Many, Many years ago F1 drivers were more experienced in driving conventional racing saloons , these of course were far closer to their F1 cars in dynamics. And of course they could transfer their considerable skills to international rallies if they were brave enough. Enter Jim Clark genius, unfortunately those days are gone forever.
6. 

   erikje
   9th December 2019, 22:42

   This Paul Ricard circuit has real walls and is messy but nice. Maybe a thought for next year to spice things up there.
   It needs a lot of spicing as host of the most boring race of the century

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