F1 | Bottas is not aiming for the Triple Crown: “I prefer to focus only on Formula 1”

The Triple Crown is not part of the plans Valtteri Bottas. The Finnish newspaper Ilta sanomat he asked the Mercedes driver if he would be willing to follow the example of Fernando Alonso, which this year will participate in the Formula 1 World Championship in parallel, also in the Super Season of WEC, to go hunting for the 24 Hours of Le Mans:“If he feels he has the time and energy to do it, it's not a problem. Maybe he likes to try new things because he's been in Formula 1 for a long time." – declared the former Williams in reference to the Spaniard. “But at this point, I don't think I would like to start mixing other categories with the Formula 1 season: I would prefer to concentrate completely on Formula 1".

The Triple Crown is an unofficial award given to the driver who wins the Monaco Grand Prix (or the Formula 1 World Championship), the Indianapolis 500 , 24 Hours of Le Mans. In history the only one to have succeeded was Graham Hill between the 60s and 70s.

Bottas also commented on Liberty Media's idea of ​​drawing up a calendar with more races than the current 21: “We have 21 races now, but 25 is definitely the upper limit. It would be difficult from a logistical point of view: there are people to think about and the costs would also increase a lot if the teams had to involve more people".

Federico Martino