Snakes and jungle mind games as Bottas cycles to Singapore GP

Cadillac operator Valtteri Bottas says helium was chased by a dog, saw snakes and leapt implicit a lizard arsenic helium cycled from Malaysia to Singapore for this weekend's Grand Prix. The Finnish operator arrived successful Singapore connected Wednesday aft choosing a 260-mile (419km) motorcycle thrust implicit a flight from past weekend's Formula 1 contention successful Sepang, extracurricular the Malaysian superior of Kuala Lumpur. The 37-year-old began his travel conscionable hours aft spinning retired of Sunday's chaotic Grand Prix, taking a travel that progressive off-road and gravel trails arsenic good arsenic cycling astatine night. "I saw immoderate snakes, which I was a small spot disquieted about, but really they were beauteous chill. They were conscionable doing their thing," said Bottas. "I saw 1 cobra, 1 python conscionable crossing the way successful beforehand of me. I saw immoderate of those large lizards that you besides spot here, 1 was connected the path." "I had to leap implicit it connected a motorcycle due to the fact that I saw it past minute. I got chased by 1 dog, I got stuck down Read the full story at BBC News →