Valtteri Bottas Gives Honest Opinion on Coachella Experience: “I’m Not Going Back”

But Bottas, who has been in a relationship with Australian cyclist Tiffany Cromwell since February 2020, thought best he find out what this whole Coachella thing was.

While he’s much more into endurance cycling, photography projects with Paul Ripke, and a growing willingness to look slightly ridiculous on purpose, that Aspen stream calendar that raised tens of thousands for charity made his cowboy get up look tame.

The Coachella Bit Bottas Sounds Ready to Leave Behind

Bottas has used his weekly podcast with Ripke to walk through the Coachella experience alongside the Sea Otter race and what he called the “screaming fans” of California, and the takeaway from people who have listened is that the novelty has worn off fast. The crowds, the heat, the influencer choreography around every brand activation… Coachella in 2026 is a festival where the influencer-overrun reputation is real, with civilian attendees posing for photo ops and free swag, although the music itself is still genuinely cool . One trip is plenty.

Talking to Sky Sports ahead of this year’s Miami Grand Prix, he discussed it further.

“Don’t be,” he told a journalist when he said he was jealous of his ‘Coachella adventure‘. “It wasn’t my thing. Too many people, man.”

He laughed at the interviewer who was clearly taken aback by the Finnish racing driver.

“I’m glad I went, but I’m not going back.”

Miami is the Cadillac’s American homecoming weekend, and after a challenging but successful start to the Formula 1 season and, so far, ahead of Aston Martin in the constructors’ standings, it looks ready to embrace the crows at the Hard Rock Stadium.