Before George Russell joined Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton was teammates with Valtteri Bottas. And with the 2023 Silverstone Grand Prix coming soon, people have been reminiscing on their friendship. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have been very open about their friendship. The seven-time World Champion had been racing with Valtteri Bottas when he was competing for the World Championships and was in the making of a seven-time World Champion.
Valtteri Bottas helped Lewis Hamilton get multiple wins while he had been at Mercedes. Which also brought the seven-time World Champion closer to Valtteri. As time went by Valtteri and Lewis grew a brotherhood that fans could not miss out on.
As the 2023 Silverstone Grand Prix comes closer, fans have not held back in mentioning the friendship that Lewis and Bottas share. During the 2021 Silverstone race, Valtteri Bottas had been seen waiting for Lewis Hamilton while sitting on his car tire. As soon as Hamilton reached and got out of his car, Bottas made his way to him and hugged him to congratulate his teammate.
Fans react to the brotherhood between Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton had also posted on his social media thanking Bottas and mentioning how grateful he is to his teammate for working as a team and letting him pass. He had been really thankful to the Finnish driver for helping him achieve his World Title. In 2021, Valtteri Bottas left Mercedes after they let him go and joined Alfa Romeo in 2022.
And fans did not hesitate to talk about the friendship between the Finnish driver and Hamilton. They mentioned the brotherhood love between them with the moment they shared in 2021. One fan said, “There is no one that I miss more than Bottas x Hamilton. Now that was a teammate.”
silverstone is coming and i still remember valtteri bottas waiting until lewis hamilton got out of his car to give him a hug pic.twitter.com/lNRkxRxi8P
— ☆ (@dearlews) June 25, 2022
There is no one that I miss more than Bottas x Hamilton. Now that was a teammate🥹🥹
— Solanine🧚🏾♀️☀️ (@u_thandi_) July 3, 2023
And another fan said, “Sorry it‘s over for dream, sapnap, and george. lewis and valtteri are the new dream team”
sorry it‘s over for dream, sapnap and george. lewis and valtteri are the new dream team pic.twitter.com/mcFV4IP55q
— leo 🙂 (@smilenotfounder) December 9, 2021
And some fans even shared sweet moments between Hamilton and Bottas
Lewis laugh though 🥺 I want Valtteri and Lewis friendship 🥺 https://t.co/PYHPpTQHm0
— Evie Vettel 👸🏽💋💍🔴⚪️ AFC (@AgentVettelOO5) April 8, 2022
Some fans loved Lewis and Valtteri’s brotherhood so much and the connection they shared while he had been at Mercedes. That they even mentioned how George could never have such a close bond with Lewis Hamilton. While other fans talked about how they wanted George Russell to go away and Valtteri Bottas to join Mercedes back.
A fan mentioned under the picture of Valtteri waiting to hug Lewis by saying, “You will never see sly George doing this”
george needs to go to redbull, his personality matches redbull better
— Lulupassau (@danubelle2) July 3, 2023
You will never see sly George doing this
— Josh (@Josh_0702) July 3, 2023
Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton have still remained great friends and share a lot of moments together. Bottas has even posted about Hamilton’s dog, Roscoe’s pictures on his Instagram. The duo has also been seen mentioning each other during interviews and talking about their friendship.