Valtteri Bottas F1 Driver Profile - Mercedes
- 7 years ago
Check out Valtteri Bottas's career profile as the Finnish driver prepares to join Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes after Nico Rosberg's shock retirement.
After climbing the Euro F3 ranks, Bottas won the GP3 Series in his rookie year in 2011.
The Finn had to wait patiently for his F1 debut as Williams test driver in 2012 before graduating to a race seat.
Despite an uncompetitive rookie year Bottas rode through to produce a potent partnership with Felipe Massa.
Bottas became Nico Rosberg’s replacement at Mercedes after the German’s shock retirement from F1.
Did you know
- Bottas is married to Olympic Finnish swimmer Emilia Pikkarainen
- Holds the unofficial F1 speed record of 235mph set in Baku during qualifying for the 2016 European GP
- Mentored by his childhood hero and two-time F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen
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After climbing the Euro F3 ranks, Bottas won the GP3 Series in his rookie year in 2011.
The Finn had to wait patiently for his F1 debut as Williams test driver in 2012 before graduating to a race seat.
Despite an uncompetitive rookie year Bottas rode through to produce a potent partnership with Felipe Massa.
Bottas became Nico Rosberg’s replacement at Mercedes after the German’s shock retirement from F1.
Did you know
- Bottas is married to Olympic Finnish swimmer Emilia Pikkarainen
- Holds the unofficial F1 speed record of 235mph set in Baku during qualifying for the 2016 European GP
- Mentored by his childhood hero and two-time F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen
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