From Sepang to Marina Bay: F1 driver Valtteri Bottas cycling to Singapore Grand Prix

Cadillac Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas is enroute to Singapore, but not in a private jet or car.Instead, the 37-year-old Finnish driver is making the 350km journey between Sepang International Circuit and Singapore on a gravel race bicycle.In an Instagram story posted at about 2am, Bottas showed himself cycling through a dirt track.His Strava activity was also shared multiple times on social media, with the activity labelled as "Malaysia to Singapore Day 1". And despite ending his race early after spinning into the gravel on a wet track at the Bahrain Grand Prix held at Sepang on Oct 4, he is starting his "Singapore race" early.Data from Bottas' Strava shows that he completed 56.6km in 128 minutes, or about 28kmh.According to SportCoaching, an Australia-based performance training outfit that provides tailored training programmes across the running, cycling, and triathlon disciplines, this is the average speed clocked by a regular trained rider.