Inside F1 stars’ Secret Santa as Max Verstappen gets Valtteri Bottas very cheeky gift
FORMULA 1 stars got into the festive spirit by taking part in Secret Santa with their fellow drivers.
And Alfa Romeo‘s Valtteri Bottas received a particularly cracking gift from Max Verstappen.
Each driver was randomly assigned one of their competitors to buy a gift for.
When reigning world champion Verstappen got Bottas, he decided to be creative.
Bottas, 34, raised $150,000 (£118k) with his “Bottass 2024” calendar last month, in which he bared his backside in each picture.
For his gift to the Finn, Verstappen made a book entitled ” A simply lovely look at butts in art”.
The Dutchman wrote “have a cracking Christmas” on the inside cover, with each page featuring Bottas’ naked rear edited onto existing classic art works.
Bottas giggled as he flicked through the pages, admitting that it was “really creative”.
He then guessed that the calendar was from Verstappen at the attempt.
The world champion himself received a mini retro arcade game from Carlos Sainz.
CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS
While Alfa Romeo ace Zhou Guanyu received a copy of his team-mate’s calendar from Ferrari‘s Charles Leclerc…. only to reveal that he’d already got one.
Fernando Alonso was bought a captain’s hat from Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll, after buying a boat in Monaco over the summer.
While Stroll was gifted a beanie hat from Yuki Tsunoda in order to combat the cold Canadian winter.
The Japanese star, 23, gratefully opened a Chinese cookbook and apron from Zhou – gushing over his favourite dishes and saying he’d definitely give making them a go.
Leclerc, who was given Bottas’ calendar back by Zhou, actually really loved his own present from Alonso.
The veteran Spaniard, 42, bought him a padel racquet – with Leclerc keen to give him a game.
Nico Hulkenberg opted to poke fun at Pierre Gasly’s “Tripod” nickname… by buying the Frenchman one.
The German, 36, was then gifted a mug with a yawning emoji on it from Esteban Ocon, sharing that the duo often to send that emoji to each other on WhatsApp.
Ocon, 27, received a trio of Spiderman-themed presents from George Russell – getting a travel pillow, wash bag and a “very nice” drinks bottle.
Russell himself got a bouncy toy from Hulkenberg, joking he liked it enough to keep it for at least a “couple of hours” before chucking it away.
Kevin Magnussen welcomed his second baby daughter with wife Louise, named Agnes, to the world earlier this year.
Logan Sargeant fittingly bought him a T-shirt for his little girl, with the slogan “Shhh… I’m watching racing with daddy” written on it.
He then added a Lonely Planet guide to great US road trips.
Lando Norris bought American Sargeant a Miami Heat-themed mini basketball hoop.
The McLaren star then received a tiny golf-themed gift from Pierre Gasly, but insisted “I like it!”
Alex Albon was bought six personalised golf balls by Oscar Piastri, calling it the “best gift I’ve ever received in my life”.
While Aussie Piastri received a Koala T-shirt and some chocolate from Daniel Ricciardo, the man he replaced at McLaren.
Ricciardo himself was gifted some limited edition tequila from Mexican Sergio Perez.
The Red Bull ace welcomed a baby daughter in September, and was bought a Williams teddy bear and T-shirt by Albon, who also got him some green trainers.
Sainz was bought a pair of pink Budgy Smugglers with chillies on them, immediately guessing them to be from Bottas.
He was also given a series of spicy sauces.
Absent from the festivities was Mercedes superstar Lewis Hamilton.
The seven-time world champion curiously did not feature in the video.