Valtteri Bottas' P1 Lap From Qualifying | 2021 Italian Grand Prix | Pirelli

Valtteri Bottas finished fastest in qualifying at Monza with this blistering lap, earning him the season's second Pirelli Speed King Award. He'll start Saturday's F1 Sprint from P1.

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[mrdced]

That radio message made me smile. Even though it wont help him on Sunday hearing a happy Bottas is a nice change.

[nellikorpi]

It was so nice to see him happy again in the post quali interview, since he hasn't seemed to be that way in a whiiile

[MerrasMies]

Not gonna meme, this looked like a perfect lap. Well played

[certifiedfinleyrl]

Bottas when he loses his seat: yeah it’s not to late is it

[dallasalmeida]

That lap was something else! A .833 seconds improvement from his 1st - Q3 lap! Top shelf stuff Valtteri - Cheers!

[Barfyman.]

I’m expecting a “Valterri, it’s James”, before we hear, “Lights out and away we go.”

[raymondo]

It's definitely one of the best laps of Valtteri's career. So satisfying to watch. And look how happy he is!

[TAG-]

Lewis it's James...Abort fastest lap

[warriordelight]

Considering they are running the lowest downforce setup, the amount of grip he had in the first lesmo was INSANE. Work of art car. We see this week in and week out with both Merc and RB. Well done 👏👏👏

[Erich]

I’m glad he’s going to a team who will appreciate him more.

[marktaylor]

He made that look effortless. I reckon he needed that.

[Dolek]

*Bottas:* "OHHH HAHA! Boom! Thanks."
*Engineer:* "Yeah whatever. Bravo or however you say it."

[mateopereyra]

- “Valterri, it’s James”
- “And its lights out and away we go.”

[santiagovera]

Who else hopes he ignores team orders now that he’s on his way out 😂

[willmiles]

0:03 you can literally see Max's hair on top of Valtteri's. So used to having Max on pole he's just become the template

[demander]

I was so confused, I forgot this was another sprint race weekend

[fingerscrossed]

MERC: "Get in there Le..."
Realizes it was Bottas
MERC: "Bravo."

[cowtchkushin]

Talk about confidence in a car. His handling on the steering is some of the smoothest I've ever seen very little correction needed. He was just flowing so nicely.

[dmor]

an excellent driver
in another universe Bottas is winning titles

i like his simple style
respect
without winning any titles besides the constructers
he is still a legend in my book

[WyFoster]

Love the dash view,

Top left corner, battery charge %

The squares are tire temps

the big numbers are tire surface temps in C*

Top right it brake bias %

Left high is lap time delta.