Valtteri Bottas wants to qualify for the world championships, but from which sport?

Valtteri Bottas does it disperse? Between his program in Formula 1 with Sauber, his calendar of photographs in the simplest device, the Finn seems to have a very busy schedule. Its schedule should be enriched with a new competition in 2024.

Indeed, the man with 10 Grand Prix victories with Classic Mercedes for sale focuses on the weekend of October 5-6, 2024. It is on this date that the gravel world championships are scheduled in Halle-Leuven (Belgium). It is a cycling discipline consisting of a mix between a long-distance endurance event and the technical difficulty of a mountain bike marathon, without a following car. Gravel is played on a variety of surfaces (gravel, stony paths, asphalt, etc.).

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“I will try to qualify for the world championships in 2024,” said Valtteri Bottas in the “Bobby & Jens” podcast from the American media Velo. The 34-year-old driver took part in the European Championships last October, already in Belgium. “ I am passionate about racing and gravel in particular, he admitted on the RTBF microphone. It became an addiction. »

If he wishes to compete in these world championships, Valtteri Bottas must qualify in advance during one of the 24 rounds of the Gravel World Series. All he needs to do is finish in the top 25 in one of these events to get his ticket to the Worlds. All he has to do is find a free weekend among the Formula 1 calendar, which already has 24 rounds!