Cadillac Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas is ​pedalling to the Singapore ‌Grand Prix from Malaysia after ​retiring from Sunday’s ⁠Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sepang circuit and getting on ‌his bike.

A keen cyclist, the F1 veteran decided ‌not to fly ‌or ⁠drive the 350km distance ⁠but to get there under his own power instead.

A team spokeswoman ​said the ‌Finn would take three days to get there. Practice for the Singapore race starts ‌on Friday, with media ​commitments on Thursday.

Bottas posted a video on ⁠Instagram of himself cycling in the dark with a ‌torch lighting up the path ahead.

The 37-year-old has taken part in numerous cycling races over the years and his Australian partner ‌Tiffany Cromwell is a professional ​road and gravel cyclist.

Cromwell had posted a video ⁠on her Instagram account last ⁠week of her and Bottas training around the ‌palm oil plantations and Sepang coast.

Published on Oct 05, 2026