Formula One star Valtteri Bottas takes iconic Perth souvenir after strong cycling performance

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Formula One star Valtteri Bottas takes iconic Perth souvenir after strong cycling performance

Formula One star Valtteri Bottas showed he still has plenty of speed even on just two wheels as the Mercedes reserve driver lapped up the sights of Perth.

Bottas took part in the 2025 SteadyRack Gran Fondo Championships as part of the Auscycling Road National Championships held in Perth over the weekend.

Having moved to a reserve driver role back at his old team Mercedes after being axed from Sauber at the end of the 2024 F1 season the 36-year-old showed he still hasn’t lost his appetite for racing finishing 19th out of the 80 riders in his 35-39 age group.

“Fun taking part in the *********** National Championships Gran Fondo race,” he posted on

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. “Great course and a good workout for

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. It was nice to see hundreds of riders out there, and lots of support along the way! Ended up 19th at the finish line.”

Bottas finished just over five minutes off the lead in a time of 2:02:54.08 across his six 13.6km laps of the King’s Park course.

The Finnish star has become an honorary *********** in recent years spending much of his off-season down under with his wife, Olympian Tiffany Cromwell, sporting a mullet and picking up Aussie slang.

While Bottas couldn’t add another podium finish to his racing career he ensured he would not leave Perth empty handed grabbing a selfie with Rottnest’s most famous resident the quokka.

Camera IconValtteri Bottas with a quokka at Rottnest. Credit:

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