Bottas swaps F1 car for bike as he rides 420 kilometers from Malaysia to Singapore

[p]Other drivers on the grid enjoyed luxury private planes for the short flight between Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sepang circuit near Kuala Lumpur to the Marina Bay Circuit in Singapore, which borders Malaysia.[/p][p]But [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bottas-valtteri/bRJJqiGb/"]Bottas[/a], a keen cyclist, instead got on his bike in the tropical heat.[/p][p][b]"Yeah, I'm riding to Singapore on the gravel roads less travelled,"[/b] Bottas posted on X on Monday.[/p][embed guid="23b59209-3964-4ebe-a80a-bd7104228eb7" url="https://x.com/ValtteriBottas/status/2107862397944004937" social-type="twitter" /][p]Late on Wednesday night he reported he had made it to Singapore safely on his saddle after a "419.67km commute" (around 260 miles).[/p][p][b]"Well arrived in Singapore this arvo," [/b]added the Finnish driver.[/p][p]"What an epic adventure, more to come eventually!"[/p][p]His Cadillac team told AFP that his epic bike ride, which began hours after spinning out of Sunday's Bahrain GP in Malaysia, had been a "private activity".[/p][p]Cycling has become one of Bottas's main activities when he is away from F1.[/p]