 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bottas akatora nzvimbo yepamusoro pakuzarura mwaka uye akatungamirira nhangemutange kubva pakutanga kusvika pakuguma. Pamberi peStyria Grand Prix, zvakaratidzwa kuti Bottas nechikwata chake Mercedes vakanga vari kuongororwa neFIA nekuda kwekutyora mitemo yekuchengetedza COVID-19 mushure mekunge adzokera kumba kuMonaco. Kunyange zvazvo pakutanga kwakanga kwaziviswa kuti Mercedes aizogamuchira tsamba dzokunyevera, Bottas naMercedes pakupedzisira vakabvisirwa mhosva ipi neipi yokudarika. Bottas akawana nzvimbo yechina mumamiriro ekunze emvura kuStyria Grand Prix uye akaenderera mberi nekupedza wechipiri mumakwikwi kumashure kwaHamilton, achideredza hutungamiriri hwake mumakwikwi kusvika pamatanhatu. Bottas akapedza ari wechipiri kuseri kwaHamilton mu1954, asi akatanga zvisina kunaka ndokurasikirwa nenzvimbo ina pakona yekutanga. Akakwanisa kupora kuenda kunzvimbo yechitatu pakupera kweGrand Prix, asi akarasikirwa nekutungamira kwemakwikwi kuna Hamilton. 