Williams F1

Valtteri Bottas began his career racing karts at the age of six. Over the next decade he amassed countless race wins, many championships and a seven-year stint in Finland’s National Karting squad.

After winning three prestigious kart titles in 2006, Valtteri moved into single-seaters.  He won both the 2008 Formula Renault Eurocup and the 2008 Formula Renault Northern European Cup, winning 17 races from 28 starts.

Despite not winning a race in 2009, Valtteri claimed two poles and secured third in the Formula 3 Euroseries. In June of the same year he won the Masters of Formula 3 at Zandvoort, a title he won again in 2010 and he remains the only driver ever to have won the title twice.

Valtteri remained with ART’s F3 team in 2010, securing two victories en route to third place in the championship. In 2011 he won the GP3 Series at the first attempt, claiming a win at each of the last four race weekends to secure the title in the penultimate race.

He was assigned test driver for Williams F1 in 2010 and ’11, and he becomes Official Reserve Driver in 2012.

•    Nationality: Finnish
•    Born: 28th August 1989
•    Job description: Official Reserve Driver
•    Height: 1.73m
•    Weight: 70kg

Career Highlights
2011               GP3 Series champion
2010               Formula 3 Euroseries, 3rd overall
                        Masters of Formula 3, series champion – first driver to win the title twice

2009               Formula 3 Euroseries, 3rd overall
                        Masters of Formula 3, series champion
2008               Formula Renault 2.0, series champion: 12 wins, 13 poles
                        Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, series champion: 5 wins, 7 poles
2007               Formula Renault 2.0, 3rd overall: 2 wins, 2 poles
1994-2006    Karting: multiple title winner and seven years in the National Karting   squad