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Valtteri Bottas raises $150,000 for charity after selling thousands of naked calendars

An initial run of 10,000 calendars, with five euros from each going to prostate cancer research, swiftly sold out with more printed

The Alfa Romeo driver had the calendar idea with photographer Paul Ripke after his partner and Australian cyclist Tiffany Cromwell took a picture of Bottas lying naked in a stream in Aspen, Colorado. Photograph: Peter Fox/Getty Images
The Alfa Romeo driver had the calendar idea with photographer Paul Ripke after his partner and Australian cyclist Tiffany Cromwell took a picture of Bottas lying naked in a stream in Aspen, Colorado. Photograph: Peter Fox/Getty Images
Thu Nov 30 2023 - 18:32

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