Formula 1 star Valtteri Bottas has prepared for the Singapore Grand Prix by sharing a video of himself taking a sauna completely naked.
The Finnish driver’s unusual preparations during race weeks meant he spent as much time naked as behind the wheel.
Bottas treated himself to a nude sauna in preparation for F1’s return
Bottas caused a memorable storm for baring his rear while swimming in the icy waters of Aspen days after his points at the Miami GP in May.
The 33-year-old’s form has suffered a sharp decline since, with three DNFs in his last four races, and no points since June.
Still, the unexpected three-week break from F1 due to the cancellation of the Russian Grand Prix has given Bottas more time to prepare for Singapore.
And the Alfa Romeo star has shown fans that he doesn’t sweat the hot conditions of the Asian circuit.
Bottas took to Instagram to upload a video of himself sitting in a sauna in his birthday suit with nothing but a reindeer hat.
To avoid exposing his own personal gear stick, Bottas also held a can between his legs to maintain his modesty.
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Speaking while throwing more stones at the hearth, he said: “Singapore readiness for some, Finnish daily ritual for us.”
The former Mercedes man captioned the post: “Some call it heat training, but to others it’s just a daily ritual.”
Bottas revealed the story behind his naked antics earlier in the season as he memorably offered Lewis Hamilton a viral photo of himself swimming naked in the United States.
Explaining the present, he told talkSPORT 2’s Driven Chat with Andy Jaye: “This picture came up, it was in Aspen between some of the US races and I was with my friend and decided to go for a swim.
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“As usual, as a Finn, it’s quite normal to be naked, especially if you’re going to the sauna or swimming, so I decided to take a dip in the river.
“Then just in the evening I was looking at the photos and one of them looked like a nice artistic photo, almost like a work of art and my girlfriend was like ‘Actually, that’s a really good photo’ .
“Then we had this idea, I just posted it on Instagram, didn’t put any comments just posted, then it blew up and we decided we could do something for charity.
“So we sold prints for 24 hours, and in 24 hours we sold over 5,000 prints of my butt, and then the last print we had left, I gave it to framed Lewis because he had said in an interview that he loved the picture so much, I thought he deserved one.
