Bottas begins 350-kilometre ride toward Singapore GP

Valtteri Bottas began a roughly 350-kilometre cycling journey from Malaysia toward Singapore after retiring early from the Formula One race at Sepang, aiming to reach the next Grand Prix in time for Thursday’s media commitments. The Cadillac driver set out on Sunday evening rather than travelling by plane or car. The ride is planned as a multiday trip, but his arrival and completion have not been confirmed. A Cadillac team spokeswoman said the journey would take three days, according to one account. Reports describe the route as running from the Sepang area toward Singapore, though they differ on Bottas’s precise starting point. One account placed the start at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, while others described it as Sepang. Accounts of the first leg also vary slightly, reporting 56 kilometres or 56.6 kilometres. The available information does not establish a final route or endpoint for that stage. Bottas’s ride followed his retirement from the race at Sepang, where he spun into the gravel and withdrew after nine laps. In a post-race team debrief, he said the decision to start on slick tyres had been a risk that did not work out.