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FORMULA 1 stars got into the festive spirit by taking part in Secret Santa with their fellow drivers.<\/p>\n

And Alfa Romeo's Valtteri Bottas received a particularly cracking gift from Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n


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Each driver was randomly assigned one of their competitors to buy a gift for.<\/p>\n

When reigning world champion Verstappen got Bottas, he decided to be creative.<\/p>\n

Bottas, 34, raised $150,000 (\u00a3118k) with his "Bottass 2024" calendar last month, in which he bared his backside in each picture.<\/p>\n

For his gift to the Finn, Verstappen made a book entitled " A simply lovely look at butts in art".<\/p>\n

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The Dutchman wrote "have a cracking Christmas" on the inside cover, with each page featuring Bottas' naked rear edited onto existing classic art works.<\/p>\n

Bottas giggled as he flicked through the pages, admitting that it was "really creative".<\/p>\n

He then guessed that the calendar was from Verstappen at the attempt.<\/p>\n

The world champion himself received a mini retro arcade game from Carlos Sainz.<\/p>\n

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While Alfa Romeo ace Zhou Guanyu received a copy of his team-mate's calendar from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc…. only to reveal that he'd already got one.<\/p>\n

Fernando Alonso was bought a captain's hat from Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll, after buying a boat in Monaco over the summer.<\/p>\n

While Stroll was gifted a beanie hat from Yuki Tsunoda in order to combat the cold Canadian winter.<\/p>\n

The Japanese star, 23, gratefully opened a Chinese cookbook and apron from Zhou – gushing over his favourite dishes and saying he'd definitely give making them a go.<\/p>\n

Leclerc, who was given Bottas' calendar back by Zhou, actually really loved his own present from Alonso.<\/p>\n

The veteran Spaniard, 42, bought him a padel racquet – with Leclerc keen to give him a game.<\/p>\n

Nico Hulkenberg opted to poke fun at Pierre Gasly's "Tripod" nickname… by buying the Frenchman one.<\/p>\n

The German, 36, was then gifted a mug with a yawning emoji on it from Esteban Ocon, sharing that the duo often to send that emoji to each other on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n


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Ocon, 27, received a trio of Spiderman-themed presents from George Russell – getting a travel pillow, wash bag and a "very nice" drinks bottle.<\/p>\n

Russell himself got a bouncy toy from Hulkenberg, joking he liked it enough to keep it for at least a "couple of hours" before chucking it away.<\/p>\n

Kevin Magnussen welcomed his second baby daughter with wife Louise, named Agnes, to the world earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Logan Sargeant fittingly bought him a T-shirt for his little girl, with the slogan "Shhh… I'm watching racing with daddy" written on it.<\/p>\n

He then added a Lonely Planet guide to great US road trips.<\/p>\n

Lando Norris bought American Sargeant a Miami Heat-themed mini basketball hoop.<\/p>\n

The McLaren star then received a tiny golf-themed gift from Pierre Gasly, but insisted "I like it!"<\/p>\n


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Alex Albon was bought six personalised golf balls by Oscar Piastri, calling it the "best gift I've ever received in my life".<\/p>\n

While Aussie Piastri received a Koala T-shirt and some chocolate from Daniel Ricciardo, the man he replaced at McLaren.<\/p>\n

Ricciardo himself was gifted some limited edition tequila from Mexican Sergio Perez.<\/p>\n

The Red Bull ace welcomed a baby daughter in September, and was bought a Williams teddy bear and T-shirt by Albon, who also got him some green trainers.<\/p>\n

Sainz was bought a pair of pink Budgy Smugglers with chillies on them, immediately guessing them to be from Bottas.<\/p>\n

He was also given a series of spicy sauces.<\/p>\n

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Absent from the festivities was Mercedes superstar Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n

The seven-time world champion curiously did not feature in the video.<\/p>\n


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