Valtteri Bottas had a rough Miami Grand Prix weekend by any measure. He took a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane, finished last of the classified runners, and, as it turns out, showed up on Saturday morning without a paddock pass because someone had stolen his car in the night. Oh, and the FBI had to get involved.
Bottas had opted to stay in Fort Lauderdale rather than Miami itself, partly to dodge the worst of the traffic that descends on the city during a Formula 1 weekend.
He described the Airbnb as being “in a nice area, with a low crime rate” – and despite keeping the car keys inside the property and leaving the CadillacEscalade locked on the driveway, he was alerted that something was wrong while getting ready for the sprint race and qualifying day…