Eight DNFs, No Points, And A 350km Bike Ride Through the Malaysian Jungle: Valtteri Bottas Is Having A Season

Hours after spinning out of the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, Cadillac F1 driver Valtteri Bottas skipped the private jet and started cycling to Singapore - through oil palm estates, dirt tracks, and what the Malaysian public assures him is tiger and crocodile territory.

The Rakyat Post Jake Lim · News & blogs · 2 hr ago

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Bottas posted on social media on Tuesday (6 October) that he was riding “on the gravel roads less travelled”.
His Strava activity, labelled “Malaysia to Singapore Day 1”, showed 56.6km in slightly over two hours to reach the Port Dickson area, AsiaOne reported.
One commenter praised the ride but warned against cycling at night on back roads that pass oil palm estates.

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Cadillac F1 driver Valtteri Bottas is cycling from Sepang to Singapore for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.

The 37-year-old Finn started the 350km journey on Sunday (4 October), hours after he spun out of the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang International Circuit.

He is riding a gravel bicycle on rural roads, plantations and dirt tracks, according to The Star.

Other drivers took private jets.

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Published: October 7, 2026 at 8:44 AM UTC
By: Jake Lim
Section: Malaysia
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Malay Mail From Sepang to Singapore by bike: Bottas completes mammoth 350km journey before Grand Prix

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