Born | Valtteri Viktor Bottas 28 August 1989[1] Nastola, Finland |
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Finnish |
2024 team | KICK Sauber-Ferrari[2] |
Car number | 77 |
Entries | 244 ( 243 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 10 |
Podiums | 67 |
Career points | 1797 |
Pole positions | 20 |
Fastest laps | 19 |
First entry | 2013 Australian Grand Prix |
First win | 2017 Russian Grand Prix |
Last win | 2021 Turkish Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix |
2023 position | 15th (10 pts) |
Valtteri Viktor Bottas[3] (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑltːeɾi ˈbotːɑs]; born 28 August 1989) is a Finnish motor racing driver currently competing in Formula One for Alfa Romeo, having previously driven for Mercedes from 2017 to 2021 and Williams from 2013 to 2016. Bottas has scored 10 race wins and 67 podiums. He contributed to five constructors championship wins for Mercedes, and has been drivers' championship runner-up twice, in 2019 and 2020.