Valtteri Bottas
Bottas at the 2016 Malaysian Grand Prix
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| Born |
28 August 1989 Nastola, Finland |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Finnish |
| 2017 team | Mercedes |
| Car number | 77 |
| Entries | 78 (77 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 9 |
| Career points | 411 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| First entry | 2013 Australian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
| 2016 position | 8th (85 pts) |
| Previous series | |
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2012 2011 2009–10 2009, 2011 2008 2007–08 2007 |
Formula One testing GP3 Series Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula 3 Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault NEC FRUK Winter Series |
| Championship titles | |
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2011 2008 2008 |
GP3 Series Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 NEC |
Valtteri Bottas (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑltːeɾi ˈbotːɑs]; born 28 August 1989) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in Formula One with Mercedes. Bottas previously drove for Williams from 2013 to 2016. He currently resides in Monaco. His current best career achievement was in 2014 when he finished 4th in the Formula One World Championship.
Born in Nastola, Finland, Bottas finished eighth in the 2005 Karting World Cup for the P.D.B. Racing Team, using Gillard chassis and Parilla engines.
Bottas won both the 2008 Formula Renault Eurocup and the 2008 Formula Renault Northern European Cup. In doing so, he repeated the feat of Filipe Albuquerque, who won both the NEC and Eurocup in the same season, in 2006.
Bottas would have also won the 2007 Formula Renault UK Winter Series, had he been holding an MSA-registered licence for the championship. This did however not stop him from competing, and he won three out of the four races in the championship.
He moved up into the Formula Three Euroseries for the 2009 season, competing for reigning champions ART Grand Prix. Despite not winning a race, Bottas set two pole positions on his way to third in the championship, edging out Alexander Sims at the final race. In June 2009, Bottas won the 2009 Masters of Formula 3, also claiming the pole position and setting the fastest lap of the race. By winning the event again in 2010, he became the first driver to win the F3 Masters title for the second time.
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