Unsurprisingly, Williams test driver Valtteri Bottas set the pace on the first day of the two-day Young Driver Test at Silverstone. read more »
Valtteri Bottas news
Valtteri Bottas
| Team | Mercedes |
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| Country | Finland |
| Podiums | 45 |
| Points | 1277 |
| Grands Prix entered | 139 |
| World Championships | N/A |
| Highest race finish | 1 (x7) |
| Highest grid position | 1 |
| Date of birth | 28/08/1989 |
| Place of birth | Nastola, Finland |
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Reigning GP3 champion Valtteri Bottas set the fastest lap of the day - and several more - as Williams topped day of Silverstone's 'Young Driver' test. read more »
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Williams test driver Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheets at the end of the first day of this week's Young Driver Test at Silverstone read more »
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Valtteri Bottas may have been the quickest of the four drivers in action at Silverstone on Thursday but all eyes were on Ma Qing Hua... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas finished day one of the two day young driver test at the Silverstone circuit on top of the timesheets for Williams. The Finnish test driver managed to lap the... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas finished the opening day of the young driver test on Thursday as the fastest driver in the Williams. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheets for Williams on the opening day of Formula 1's young driver test at Silverstone read more »
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Valtteri Bottas will be in action for Williams during the two-day Young Driver Test at Silverstone this week... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas will join Williams for the young driver session at Silverstone on Thursday. The Finnish driver is currently the reserve driver for the team and has already... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas will run for the Williams F1 Team during the Young Driver test at Silverstone this week, the team has announced. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says he is eager to get behind the wheel of the Williams Formula 1 car when he tests for two days at Silverstone from tomorrow read more »
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The Williams F1 Team today confirmed that it will run Valtteri Bottas during the Young Driver Test at Silverstone Circuit, UK on 12 and 13 July 2012. Valtteri was promoted to... read more »
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Williams today confirmed that it will run Valtteri Bottas during this week's Young Driver Test at Silverstone. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says that he is "really looking forward" to his two days driving for Williams in the Young Driver Test read more »
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Williams wants to use the Young Driver Test at Silverstone from July 12-13 to analyse their reserve driver Valtteri Bottas read more »
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Three teams have confirmed their participation in the Young Driver Test at Silverstone this week, leaving the remaining nine teams to test at Abu Dhabi later in the year.... read more »
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Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Unfortunately for everyone, and especially the spectators, the weather conditions were very poor today with constant rain throughout... read more »
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Romain Grosjean topped a rain soaked first practice for the British Grand Prix on Friday having headed out at the start of the session when conditions were best. As the session... read more »
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With Valtteri Bottas taking over for Bruno Senna during FP1, it was up to the young Finn and Pastor Maldonado to gather data and analyze the updates and tyre compounds present... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas was feeling proud on Thursday. The Nordic website simma.ru reports that Emilia Pikkarainen, who is Williams reserve driver Bottas' 19-year-old girlfriend,... read more »
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Bruno Senna, 5th: It was a good day and we managed to fulfil our test programme. It would have been useful to have done a few more miles but we have still gathered a lot of... read more »
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Pastor Maldonado put his Williams top in first practice on Friday for the European Grand Prix. The Venezuelan managed a late lap eight hundredths quicker than Sebastian Vettel... read more »
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Sir Frank Williams has urged Bruno Senna to step up. Even before teammate Pastor Maldonado’s breakthrough Barcelona win two weeks ago, speculation had begun to... read more »
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Felipe Massa won’t just be fighting for his seat at Ferrari this weekend, he'll fighting for any seat that is remotely competitive in Formula 1 next season. In... read more »
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Bruno Senna's seat at Williams is secure despite rumours suggesting he could be replaced by test driver Valtteri Bottas in the near future... read more »
Dutch Grand Prix
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- Drivers list
- Sebastian Vettel
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Lewis Hamilton
- Nico Rosberg
- Fernando Alonso
- Kimi Raikkonen
- Romain Grosjean
- Pastor Maldonado
- Jenson Button
- Carlos Sainz Jr.
- Will Stevens
- Roberto Merhi
- Felipe Nasr
- Max Verstappen
- Kevin Magnussen
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Sergio Perez
- Adrian Sutil
- Esteban Gutierrez
- Jean-Eric Vergne
- Daniil Kvyat
- Felipe Massa
- Valtteri Bottas
- Jules Bianchi
- Max Chilton
- Kamui Kobayashi
- Marcus Ericsson
- Robert Kubica
- Michael Schumacher
- Paul di Resta
- Heikki Kovalainen
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Kimi Antonelli | 219 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 169 |
| 3 | George Russell | 160 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | 138 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | 128 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | 109 |
| 7 | Oscar Piastri | 92 |
| 8 | Isack Hadjar | 68 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 43 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | 42 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Mercedes | 379 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 307 |
| 3 | McLaren | 220 |
| 4 | Red Bull Racing | 177 |
| 5 | Racing Bulls | 66 |
| 6 | Alpine | 61 |
| 7 | Haas F1 Team | 21 |
| 8 | Audi | 12 |
| 9 | Williams | 11 |
| 10 | Aston Martin | 1 |