Why does Valtteri Bottas use 77?

Valtteri Bottas is a Finnish racing driver who won the Sky Sports Award for Most Improved Driver 2014 and  AKK-Motorsport Driver of the Year 2019. Valtteri Bottas currently competes for the Alfa Romeo F1 Team in Formula One.

Valtteri Bottas is 32 years of age and he has 10 career wins with his first win coming in the 2017 Russian Grand Prix and his last win coming in the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix. Valtteri Bottas is currently ranked 3rd in the World Drivers’ Championship standings.

Why does Valtteri Bottas use 77?

Valtteri Bottas revealed that number 7 is his favourite number. Valtteri Bottas added that since the number 7 was already taken by Kimi Raikonnen, he opted for the number 77 which is double his favourite number.

Valtteri Bottas stated: “I liked seven, so I thought seven-seven would be good. And actually, seven was already taken by Kimi. So then I just thought double seven would be good, so go for it.”