Former Luis Hamilton colleague reveals a sniper for the army before winning 10 F1 races

Job change is one thing that sometimes they are subjected to it during their lives, but only a few will try a fundamental key like Valteri Bottas. His former teammate in the team Lewis Hamilton He recently revealed that he was one day a sniper in the army before entering Formula 1. Hamilton and Valtere Potas were Mercedes colleagues from 2017 to 2021, where they formed one of the most successful pairing in the Formula 1 history. Together, they helped Mercedes win five consecutive championships.

Finnish driver, who went to the race MercedesIt is separated by how it was formulated in the army as part of the compulsory national service in 2008 while climbing the ranks in motorsport. Potas, who was racing at the time in the Formula Renault Eurocup series, explained on the Redflag Podox:

“I was lucky – I had to do only six months.”

“But within six months of Finnish winter, it has become a sniper. I don’t think” scouts “are the right word, but the person who wanders or between the enemy. Like, I can kill you now!” Botas joked to the podcasts when they interrogated him more than the skills he got from the experiment.

“I was a good snapshot. That’s why they made me a kind of sniper.”

After his work in the army, Valtery Potas will return to motorsport, and this time he ranked in Formula 3. Then the Finnish driver will secure a campaign in Formula 1 in 2010 with Williams Group for Racing. However, the distinctive feature of his professional life so far will come when he completed a move to Mercedes in 2017. The driving was alongside Hamilton, Potas, will achieve 10 wins in the race during the five years in his clothes in Brakley.

Valtery Potas admitted that military service was enjoyable

In another interview in 2022, Valtery Potas Detail that his military service was enjoyable. The former alpha Romeo driver explained how his move to adulthood helped among other things.

However, the Finnish driver confirmed that his military experience made him appreciate the small luxuries of life. He said that sharing his ideas in an interview with People.com, he said:

“If we look back, it’s already fun. But certainly, sometimes when I was there, it wasn’t very fun. Just as I was tired and slept in the cold, frozen forest for two weeks. But for me, that makes the boy a man. This is a kind of moving to many people and for me, he did so exactly.”

“You definitely learn flexibility. You learn a lot about teamwork. Since you need to work as a team when you are in severe conditions or situations. You definitely learn self -discipline. Respect, somehow, for everything. This time made little things in life more serious. Like a warm and soft bed after some camps, Valteri Bottas was done.

After his military service, Potas will continue to dig his name in the history of Formula 1 as one of the most successful great prize drivers in recent years. However, he is currently without a seat in this sport, based on the speculation of rotation, and it appears that the 35 -year -old has put his eyes to join the Cadillac F1 team for the next season.