Bottas is planning a more selfish approach this year

Valtteri Bottas he wants to become a Formula 1 world champion this year, and to that end he intends to be more selfish and demanding.

The Finn will be racing for the fifth season this year Mercedes, but he has not yet managed to beat a teammate Lewis Hamilton, as its predecessor did in the 2016 season, Nice Rosberg. Each season, he had to settle for second place in the final standings, and he also blamed the fact that so far he has only put pressure on himself and not put pressure on others to be able to become faster.

"In my career in Formula 1, I often demanded too much of myself, ” he explained. “Sometimes I was under too much pressure from the outside, but there was not enough pressure on my part to get what I wanted. ”

The Finn revealed that it is very important to speak openly with the team. "Only then does the team know how much pressure they are putting on you." Team boss, Toto wolff, is at the end of last season admitted, that Bottas he did not enjoy enough support by the team, which is expected to change this year. "I demand more of myself this year than ever before," says Bottas. “Lewis has been a world champion every year since we’ve been teammates, but this year we’re starting from scratch, and I believe I can fight for the title. That’s my goal, or at least that in the last race I can say that I did everything I could this year to become a champion.

I will also ask the team what I feel I need. Both the support as well as the information I will need. It may turn out to be a little more selfish, but one year in a lifetime is not much to do your best. ”