Bottas 'won weight in beer’ by wearing Duffman costume for bike race

Bottas 'won weight in beer’ by wearing Duffman costume for bike race

 

 

 

The Finn swapped four wheels for two during the summer break when he took part in a hill climb race on his gravel bike – sporting a Duffman costume. Who Will Be Red Bull’s Next F1 Driver?Video of Who Will Be Red Bull's Next F1 Driver?Bottas, who returns to F1 action at this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, revealed the inspiration behind his choice of outfit. “The prize for the best costume was you win your weight in beer, and I really wanted to win the prize,” Bottas said. “So I was thinking about, it’s mainly an American crowd, so I went for The Simpsons, and Duffman. And I won!”Duff man did the SBT HLL CLMBDuff Man won the costume competitionDuff Man won amount of his weight in beer and Duff Man donated all of it to the people attending @sbtgrvl as spectators or competitorsCheers!#VB77 #DuffMan #Colorado@ThomasMaheux uaFmprds7E— Valtteri Bottas (@ValtteriBottas) August 19, 2023Asked who his favourite Simpsons character is, Bottas replied: “I would still go for Homer. “But I had to figure out with the costume, you still need to be able to cycle up the hill, and Homer would have been a bit too much…”Related Verstappen disagrees with Hamilton over F1 competition “MotoGP needs to show midfield battles like F1, people fighting their arses off”Bottas generously donated the majority of his prize to the spectators attending the event. “I only took a six pack, but I donated to all the spectators and competitors. It was a good afternoon,” he said. Bottas sits 15th in the drivers’ championship with five points, one place ahead of Alfa Romeo teammate Zhou Guanyu.  

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