Valtteri Bottas
| Valtteri Bottas | |
|---|---|
 Bottas in 2009. |
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| Nationality |  Finnish |
| Born | 28 August 1989 Nastola (Finland) |
| 2012 GP3 Series | |
| Debut season | 2011 |
| Current team | Lotus ART |
| Car no. | 2 |
| Starts | 17 |
| Wins | 4 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2011 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 2009-10 2009 2008 2007–08 2007 |
GP3 Series Formula 3 Euro Series British Formula Three Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault NEC FRUK Winter Series |
| Championship titles | |
| 2011 2008 2008 |
GP3 Series Formula Renault Eurocup Formula Renault NEC |
Valtteri Bottas (born 28 August 1989 in Nastola, Finland) is a Finnish racing driver. He currently resides in Oxford, United Kingdom.
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[edit] Career
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.[1]
In 2010 Bottas was assigned test driver for the Williams Formula One team[2] and would continue as such for the 2011 & 2012 (where he will take part in 15 Friday Free Practice sessions)[3] seasons, during which he also contested the GP3 Series, remaining with F3 squad ART.[4] After a tough start to the season, he claimed a win in each of the last four race weekends and secured the title by winning the penultimate race ahead of his team-mate James Calado.[5]
[edit] Racing record
[edit] Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Poles | Wins | Points | Final Placing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Koiranen Bros. Motorsport | 16 | 2 | 2 | 279 | 3rd | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series | AKA Cobra | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | NC† | ||
| 2008 | Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup | Motopark Academy | 14 | 7 | 5 | 139 | 1st | |
| Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | 14 | 13 | 12 | 365 | 1st | |||
| 2009 | Formula Three Euroseries | ART Grand Prix | 20 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 3rd | |
| British Formula Three Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |||
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1st | |||
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | |||
| 2010 | Formula Three Euroseries | ART Grand Prix | 18 | 1 | 2 | 74 | 3rd | |
| Masters of Formula 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | |||
| Macau Grand Prix | Prema Powerteam | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 3rd | ||
| Formula One | Williams F1 | Test driver | ||||||
| 2011 | GP3 Series | Lotus ART | 16 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 1st | |
| British Formula Three Championship | Double R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17th | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | |||
| Formula One | Williams F1 | Test driver | ||||||
- † - As Bottas was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
[edit] Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ART Grand Prix | Dallara F308/009 | Mercedes | HOC1 1 Ret |
HOC1 2 16 |
LAU 1 2 |
LAU 2 13 |
NOR 1 12 |
NOR 2 Ret |
ZAN 1 2 |
ZAN 2 6 |
OSC 1 2 |
OSC 2 8 |
NÜR 1 2 |
NÜR 2 4 |
BRH 1 2 |
BRH 2 15 |
CAT 1 4 |
CAT 2 6 |
DIJ 1 16 |
DIJ 2 Ret |
HOC2 1 2 |
HOC2 2 5 |
3rd | 62 |
| 2010 | ART Grand Prix | Dallara F308/026 | Mercedes | LEC 1 9 |
LEC 2 6 |
HOC1 1 3 |
HOC1 2 5 |
VAL 1 2 |
VAL 2 4 |
NOR 1 3 |
NOR 2 1 |
NÜR 1 6 |
NÜR 2 7 |
ZAN 1 2 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
BRH 1 4 |
BRH 2 4 |
OSC 1 1 |
OSC 2 Ret |
HOC2 1 2 |
HOC2 2 3 |
3rd | 74 |
[edit] Complete British Formula Three results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | ART Grand Prix | Dallara F309 | Mercedes HWA |  OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
 HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
 SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 Ret |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
 ALG 1 Ret |
ALG 2 Ret |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
NC† | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Double R Racing | Dallara F308 | Mercedes HWA |  MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
MNZ 3 |
OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
NÜR 3 |
 LEC 1 |
LEC 2 |
LEC 3 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
SPA 3 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
ROC 3 |
DON 1 6 |
DON 2 1 |
DON 3 13 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
17th | 17 |
- † - As Bottas was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
[edit] Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Lotus ART | TUR FEA 4 |
TUR SPR 8 |
ESP FEA 10 |
ESP SPR 7 |
VAL FEA 7 |
VAL SPR 3 |
GBR FEA 15 |
GBR SPR 12 |
GER FEA 3 |
GER SPR 1 |
HUN FEA 1 |
HUN SPR 2 |
BEL FEA 1 |
BEL SPR 19 |
ITA FEA 1 |
ITA SPR 17 |
1st | 62 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Bottas makes history at Zandvoort Masters". Motorsport.com. 6 June 2010. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=371703&FS=. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Beer, Matt (2010-01-29). "Williams signs Bottas as test driver". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81111. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ^ "Pastor Maldonado Confirmed for 2012 with Valtteri Bottas as Reserve Driver". WilliamsF1. 1 December 2011. http://www.attwilliams.com/news/view/2028. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ "Bottas lands Lotus ART seat for 2011". MotorsTV.com. 23 November 2010. http://www.motorstv.com/car/single-seater/gp3-series/23112010/gp3-bottas-lands-lotus-art-seat-2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "Champion win for Bottas in Monza". GP3 Series. 10 September 2011. http://www.gp3series.com/news/Monza-Rd-8-2011/Bottas-wins-to-take-crown/.
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Frank Kechele |
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Champion 2008 |
Succeeded by António Félix da Costa |
| Preceded by Brendon Hartley |
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Champion 2008 |
Succeeded by Albert Costa |
| Preceded by Jules Bianchi |
Formula Three Masters Winner 2009–2010 |
Succeeded by Felix Rosenqvist |
| Preceded by Esteban Gutiérrez |
GP3 Series Champion 2011 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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