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Andrew Gamble

Valtteri Bottas pays homage to Australian girlfriend on race helmet for Melbourne GP

Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas has paid tribute to his girlfriend ahead of the Australian Grand Prix as she hails from Down Under.

Formula 1 returns to Albert Park in Melbourne for the first time since 2020, where the event was spectacularly cancelled at the last minute due to the emergence of Covid. The last race took place in 2019, with Bottas emerging victorious in a Mercedes ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton, who was on pole.

With the sport finally returning to Melbourne, Bottas decided to show off an Australia-inspired helmet, which he is donning in honour of his girlfriend Tiffany Cromwell. The 33-year-old is a professional road cyclist was born in Stirling, South Australia and made her Olympic debut in Tokyo last summer.

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