A FORMER team-mate of Lewis Hamilton stripped down to his budgie smugglers to leave fans stunned in a bizarre new video.
Valtteri Bottas, 34, currently competes in Formula One for Alfa Romeo.
The Finn, who has recorded 10 wins and 67 podiums throughout his career, started out with Williams in 2013.
He then moved to Mercedes in 2017, where he raced alongside legendary Brit Hamilton for four years prior to switching to Alfa Romeo.
However, it was not Bottas’ displays on the track that got fans talking this week after a clip emerged of him starring in a new advertisement.
The commercial was for FNLD GRVL – a gravel cycling race across the roads outside of Lahti, in Finland that was created by the driver.
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It shows him appearing in a white robe that he quickly rips open, revealing some multi-coloured tight trunks – seemingly sponsored by Australian beer Victoria Bitter.
Bottas then wipes some sun cream under his eyes before pulling a large bag away, showing his bum covered in the words “budgie smugglers” on the back of his trunks.
“What did I just see,” asked one fan as the clip began to circulate on social media.
Another stated that it was a “sight for sore eyes” while another exclaimed: “They are tight.”
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A fellow fan also added: “I can never unsee that.”
Meanwhile, Bottas said this week that he and his Alfa Romeo team are just now starting to fully understand their latest card upgrade.
Both he and team-mate Zhou Guanyu finished eighth and ninth in their last outing at the Qatar Grand Prix.
And ahead of this weekend’s next GP in Austin, Texas in the USA, he said: “I feel like we definitely made some progress now, and finally understand 100 per cent the upgrades.
“Of course, the next race is quite a different track again, but it seems like we were definitely a bit more competitive this week.”
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Source: Motorsport - thesun.co.uk
