Valtteri Bottas has revealed he almost quit Formula 1 as it was "not fun" competing against Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes.
The pair were team-mates for five seasons, in a period of almost complete dominance for the Silver Arrows. The constructors' championship was secured in every campaign, while Hamilton was the drivers' title winner from 2017 to 2020, before being thwarted by Max Verstappen.
Bottas was a consistent points-scorer and reliable team-mate from the moment he stepped in to replace the retiring Nico Rosberg, but it wasn't always easy. The Finn was unable to match the results and performances of Hamilton, and that took an emotional toll on a man with ambition to become world champion.
