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Formula 1Valtteri Bottas skates like… a Finn
The Alfa Romeo driver is an ice hockey and Montreal Canadiens fan. As he played until he was 15, he still does very well on his skates.
Bottas is a fan of the Montreal Canadiens.
Formula 1 driver since 2013, Valtteri Bottas is nonetheless Finnish. And what are the two national sports in a country with deep-rooted winter traditions? Ice hockey and cross-country skiing.
The man with 200 Grand Prix is currently on vacation in his native country. He posted a few videos showing him in action on skates and skis.
The Alfa Romeo driver is doing extremely well on the ice. Visiting Montreal a few years ago, he explained that he had played hockey until he was 15 and that he was a big fan of the Montreal Canadiens, which he had discovered by collecting hockey cards. when he was a child. His favorite player with the tricolor: the Finn Saku Koivu, of course.
Short cross-country ski outing
After hockey, Valtteri Bottas also went cross-country skiing, accompanied by his partner, Australian professional cyclist Tiffany Cromwell. There, the style is a little less fluid, but we see that there is also practice upstream.