Valtteri Bottas may no longer have one of the best cars in Formula 1, but he is quite happy with the current situation
It is true that Valtteri Bottas has left Mercedes behind and taken on duties as a driver for a smaller team like Alfa Romeo. The chances of victory have gone out of the picture, as well as the obligation to be among the top finishers every week. All of this has been replaced by a catch-all of situations that make Bottas the happiest driver in Formula 1 in 2022.
Bottas was treated as second driver for half a decade at Mercedes. After that, the fall. At least in theory. At Alfa Romeo, he became project leader, a driver with a leading role in a rapidly growing team. So far, he has points in six of the seven races of the championship and is praised by a manager who is in love with the Finn.
Others may be more successful in 2022, but Pedro Henrique Marum argues that no one is as happy.