{"id":171039,"date":"2021-09-07T00:12:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T18:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=171039"},"modified":"2021-09-07T00:12:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T18:42:43","slug":"formula-1-2021-valtteri-bottas-to-race-for-alfa-romeo-next-season-with-george-russell-joining-mercedes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/09\/07\/formula-1-2021-valtteri-bottas-to-race-for-alfa-romeo-next-season-with-george-russell-joining-mercedes\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 2021: Valtteri Bottas to race for Alfa Romeo next season with George Russell joining Mercedes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paris, 6 Sep (AFP): Valtteri Bottas has signed a multi-year deal with Alfa Romeo starting next season, the Formula One team announced Monday, paving the way for George Russell to join Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;A new chapter in my racing career is opening: I&#8217;m excited to join Alfa Romeo Racing for 2022 and beyond for what is going to be a new challenge with an iconic manufacturer,&#8221; Bottas said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 32-year-old Bottas has spent the past five seasons alongside seven-time world champion Hamilton at Mercedes, winning nine Grands Prix and claiming 17 pole positions in 92 starts with the team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also finished second twice in the world championship. His last win came at the Russian Grand Prix in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bottas will replace Finnish compatriot Kimi Raikkonen at Alfa Romeo, with the 2007 world champion retiring from the sport at the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The potential of the setup in Hinwil is clear and I am relishing the opportunity to help lead the team forward up the grid,&#8221; said Bottas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Especially with the new regulations in 2022 giving the team a chance to make a leap in performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russell, 23, has spent three seasons at Williams, and impressed in a one-off appearance for Mercedes at last year&#8217;s Sakhir Grand Prix as a stand-in for Hamilton after he tested positive for COVID-19 .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris, 6 Sep (AFP): Valtteri Bottas has signed a multi-year deal with Alfa Romeo starting next season, the Formula One team announced Monday, paving the way for George Russell to join Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. &#8220;A new chapter in my racing career is opening: I&#8217;m excited to join Alfa Romeo Racing for 2022 and beyond [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-171039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}