Bottas ignored social media after Sakhir GP

Valtteri Bottas ignored social media for four days solid after his disappointing performance at Sunday's Sakhir Grand Prix.

The Mercedes driver was outperformed by his teammate George Russell, who was substituting for Lewis Hamilton after the world champion tested positive for COVID-19.

Bottas finished the race eighth, one place ahead of Russell, but only beat his teammate after Russell, who had not driven the car before, suffered a puncture late in the race.

The performance raised question about Bottas' future at the team, with Russell being lined up as potential replacement for the Finn in 2022.

Although he changed his bio on his social media platforms to remove Mercedes' team name -- causing…