Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas is a Finnish Formula 1 driver with 265 race starts from 2013 to 2026, 10 wins, 19 pole positions, 67 podiums and 1,797 championship points.

Bottas's first start was the 2013 Australian Grand Prix for Williams, from 16th on the grid, finishing 14th. The first win came at the 2017 Russian Grand Prix for Mercedes, in the 81st start, from 3rd on the grid. The most recent of the 10 wins was the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix. The best season was 2019: 2nd in the championship with 326 points, 4 wins and 15 podiums, for Mercedes. The longest team-mate pairing was with Lewis Hamilton, 100 races: Bottas finished ahead 25 times to 74 when both were classified, and out-qualified Hamilton 31 times to 69. All-time, that is the 7th-most career points of any driver, the 11th-most starts of any driver. 26 of the 265 starts ended in a retirement (10%), and Bottas led 728 laps in total.

Nationality

Finnish

Born

28 Aug 1989 (age 37)

Active

2013 to 2026, 13 seasons

Teams

Williams, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo, Sauber, Cadillac

Number

77

First win: 2017 Russian Grand Prix. Most recent win: 2021 Turkish Grand Prix. Win rate 3.8% of starts.

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