Bottas recounts jungle encounters after cycling from Sepang to Singapore
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Valtteri Bottas reached Singapore after a roughly 419km ride from Sepang. He said the night ride through the jungle was the trip’s wildest stretch.
Valtteri Bottas reached Singapore on Wednesday after a bike ride of roughly 419km from Sepang. He described the night ride through the Malaysian jungle as the trip’s wildest stretch; the sounds, he said, made his mind play tricks on him.
Bottas said he saw a cobra and a python, and had to jump over a lizard he noticed at the last moment. He also recounted being chased by a dog and getting stuck behind a group of cows on a narrow track.
After the race at Sepang, which he described as disappointing, Bottas said the ride immediately cleared his mind and helped him shed his frustration. He said much of his thinking during the journey turned to the Singapore sprint weekend, and that he hoped to have a better one.
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