Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas (born 28 August, 1989 in Nastola, Finland) is a Formula One driver for the team. Having tested with the team since , Bottas was promoted to a race seat for . For the season, Bottas retained his race seat at Williams, partnered by Felipe Massa. In , he moved to Mercedes to replace retired and reigning world champion Nico Rosberg and partner Lewis Hamilton. His first podium came in the 2014 Austrian Grand Prix. He went on to finish 4th in the Drivers' Championship in . He got his first pole at the 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix, and his first win at the in the same year. He took his first double at the 2017 Austrian Grand Prix.
His permanent career number is 77. Between and , he was Lewis Hamilton's teammate at . In , he switched to and his teammate is Guanyu Zhou (Car number: 24).
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==Formula One Career==
===Before Formula One===
In 2008, Bottas won both the Formula Renault Eurocup and the Formula Renault Northern European Cup. He then advanced to Formula Three in 2009, but was unable to win any races. He was able to set two pole positions though. He won the 2009 Masters of Formula 3 after setting the pole position and fastest lap. He repeated this win in 2010, becoming the first driver in history to win the Formula Three Masters title for two consecutive years.
In 2010, Bottas was called to to fill a position as test driver. Although he would have this position for the , , seasons, he would also compete in and win the GP3 Series championship.
===2013===
After Bruno Senna left the sport at the end of the season, it was confirmed that Bottas would replace him on for the season. He would race alongside Pastor Maldonado.
Bottas made his debut in Australia, qualifying for 16th on the grid. During the race, he lost a lap to the leaders and finished in 14th position, one position behind rookie Esteban Gutiérrez. He was not in a scoring position for that race, and was the second highest ranked rookie in that race.
At the next race in Malaysia, Bottas finished one position outside of the points. He was only 1.486 seconds behind Jean-Éric Vergne of . This would be his fate for the next 15 races, finishing in the upper teens. He suffered his first career retirement in Hungary after he suffered a hydraulics failure.
He would later suffered another retirement after a collision in the final race of the season at Brazil, but not before he managed to score his first career points in the race prior. After a battle in the United States, Bottas finished 8th which earned him 4 points. These were his only career points in the season.
Bottas finished the season in 20
th position for the World Drivers' Championship, and it was confirmed that he would return to Williams for the next season.
===2014===
==Personal life==
Since 2010, Bottas had been in a relationship with Finnish swimmer Emilia Pikkarainen. They were married on 11 September 2016. On 28 November 2019, Bottas announced their divorce on Instagram. He is currently dating Australian cyclist Tiffany Cromwell.
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team	WDC Pts. 	WDC Pos. 	Report
 	AT&T Williams 	 	Test Driver	Test Driver 	
 	AT&T Williams 	 	Test Driver	Test Driver 	
 	Williams F1 Team 	 	Test Driver	Test Driver 	
 	Williams F1 Team 	 	4 	17th 	Report
 	Williams Martini Team 	 	186 	4th 	Report
 	Williams Martini Team 	 	136 	5th 	Report
 	Williams Martini Team 	 	85 	8th 	Report
 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	305 	align=center	Report
 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	247 	5th 	Report
 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	326 	align=center	Report
 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	223 	align=center	Report
 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team 	 	223 	align=center	Report
 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen 	 	 	 	Report
 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake 	 	 	 	Report
 	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick 	 	 	 	Report
 	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber 	 	 	 	Report
===Career Statistics===
===Wins===
No.	Race
1 	2017 Russian Grand Prix
2 	2017 Austrian Grand Prix
3 	2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
4 	2019 Australian Grand Prix
5 	2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
6 	2019 Japanese Grand Prix
7 	2019 United States Grand Prix
8 	2020 Austrian Grand Prix
9 	2020 Russian Grand Prix
10 	2021 Turkish Grand Prix
=== Records ===
* Valtteri Bottas has the record of the most consecutive appearences in Q3 during qualifying: 103. This record lasted from the 2016 Abu Dhabi GP untill the 2022 Australian GP. This incredible achievement also makes him the third driver in Formula One history to qualify into the top 10 in 100 consecutive races, being only preceeded by Ayrton Senna with 137 and Alain Prost with 109.*
====== *This is only counted as pure qualifying results, not taking into account grid position changes due to penalties etc. ======
===Career Results===
==Notes==
Category:Living people
Category:1989 births
Category:2013 Début Drivers‎
Category:Finnish Drivers
Category:Williams Drivers
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Category:Alfa Romeo Drivers