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Valtteri Bottas says he believes everybody involved in the title fight this season will be a professional when it comes to on-track battles.
As we approach the penultimate race of the 2021 season, the championship battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, as well as between Mercedes and Red Bull, is extremely close.
At the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Thursday press conference Valtteri Bottas said he believes this will not influence the way they race against each other.
“Every point in this championship is obviously super important and both me and Lewis will try to get every point we can,” Bottas said.
“But also, we are racers that have respect and I also think in that situation Max wouldn’t do the calculations and what it would do in the points.
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“I don’t think anyone is going to change the way we race. We’re going to race as hard and as well and as professionally as we can to get the best result.”
The Saudi Arabian GP will be Bottas’ 100th race for Mercedes. He gives his thoughts on this milestone.
“Thanks for reminding me! I think I didn’t know that! It’s really nice. With Williams I had, I think 77 races and now 100 with Mercedes, so a nice round number, I guess.
“But it has gone pretty quickly and only two more to go with the team. It’s an important two weeks ahead,” concluded the Finn.
