Valtteri Bottas walked onto the football field in Adelaide.

      Valtteri Bottas's love for his native Finland has hardly diminished, but he is spending more and more time in Australia, especially in winter, when it's summer on the Green Continent.

      You could say he has found a second home there, literally, since he recently became a property owner. Together with Tiffany Cromwell, his Australian girlfriend, they bought an estate in McLaren Vale, a famous wine region — naturally, they have vineyards too.

      Valtteri is trying to immerse himself ever more deeply in local life and today, as a special guest, attended a match of Adelaide United, walked onto the pitch in their red kit and even made a ceremonial kick at the ball.

      True, at that moment the players on the pitch were not the first-team members of the club that competes in the country's top league, but its youth team — but that's a detail. In addition, Valtteri did not refuse to interact with the public: he went up into the stands, signed autographs, and even took photos with some people.

      Since Australians love Formula 1, many fans know that he is returning to the championship with a new team, Cadillac F1.

      It's hard to imagine that Valtteri's presence at the stadium could have affected the fighting spirit of the Adelaide club, but they beat their opponents, the Western Sydney Wanderers, 3–2.