REVEALED: The Extraordinary Affect of the ‘Finnish Sauna’ of Hungary on Hamilton & Bottas’ Body

Weather can play a crucial part in Formula One, as the cockpit in the car can reach extreme temperatures. Both Mercedes drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas experienced this as they zipped around the Hungaroring in Friday’s practice session.

Budapest had a temperature of 36 degrees Celsius, which surely turned up the heat inside the car, as they went around in practice sessions. Hamilton stated he lost massive amounts of weight, while his Finnish teammate felt it was a sauna.

Hamilton and Bottas felt the Budapest heat

As they had just concluded the practice session, they were soon asked about how hot was it in the car. Hamilton replied, “Yeah it’s roasting today, obviously and so lost a lot of weight today. I think I’ve probably lost three kilos, so between the sessions so good amount of weight loss.”

Bottas was asked the same question, to which he replied, “Honestly it feels like being in a Finnish sauna you know that’s uh it’s a good comparison. especially when you stop being with the runs you get the heatstroke and it really is like yeah way more than 60 degrees or 70 degrees in the cockpit so it’s sweaty but out on track at least you get a bit of air.”

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How did the two do on track on Friday?

The two pilots of the Silver Arrows did find themselves in the front row in FP1, as Hamilton came third, while his teammate beat for second place. However,  both must have felt disappointed as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took the top spot in the timesheet.

But FP2 tells a different story, as Bottas was the one to top the timesheets with a lap time of 1:17:012. While his British teammate could only mange to qualify second, but will be content with himself as it was an improvement for the first session of the day and was able to beat Verstappen.

Formula One F1 – Steiermark Grand Prix – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Styria, Austria – June 27, 2021 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton with Valtteri Bottas after finishing second and third respectively REUTERS/Darko Vojinovic

The two would be looking to have similar experiences in the third session as well and would hope to carry that in the high intense quali rounds.

Last time out, Hamilton won the race, keeping the Dutch driver in his rearview mirrors who had to settle for P2. While Bottas did manage to make an appearance on the podium as he crossed the line in third place.

Can history repeat itself by letting Hamilton take the chequered flag, which would see him have nine wins at this venue? Let us know your predictions in the comments below.

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