Raikkonen's advice for Bottas to recover from Russia: "A few beers"

After the Russian Grand Prix, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen has advised his fellow countryman Valtteri Bottas to recover "with a few beers" as the Mercedes driver was robbed of his first 2018 win because of team orders.

Raikkonen has been a victim of a fair amount of team orders himself, often having to make way for his Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel rather than chasing for a win himself. That's one of the main reasons why the Ice Man has been without a win since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix, that and a spell of bad luck like in Monza this season.

As for Bottas, who claimed his first F1 win in Russia in 2017 and went on to win two more last season, it's been a very unlucky year. The worst moment was when the Finn had a puncture in the final laps of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix while in P1, meaning he had to retire from the race.

He was positioned to finally get his first win of the season in Sochi last weekend, but a team order from Mercedes made him stand down for Lewis Hamilton, who then went on to win his eighth win of the season. Bottas was visibly devastated by it, but Raikkonen advises his fellow Finn to put it behind him quickly.

"It's not ideal, but that's how it goes in life, there's nothing you can do about it," he was quoted by GPfans.

When asked how he would motivate Bottas from now on, the 2007 champion answered in typical Kimi-fashion.

Classic Kimi.