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What's your ultimate goal as a racing driver?
 
Ezra Idafar:
– DTM or le mans
 
Nathan Blok:
– Formula One!
 
Myles Collins:
– To have a career in motorsport - my passion as a career - does it get any better than that?
 
Raed Raffii:
– Formula One
 
Chris Vlok:
– To reach F1 or Indy Cars.
 
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Most buzz

1.Joe Ghanem
2.Lewis Hamilton
3.Oscar Wilkens
4.Andre Heimgartner
5.Richie Stanaway
6.Sebastian Vettel
7.Mattias Lindberg
8.Rio Haryanto
9.Felipe Merjech
10.Alice Powell
11.Jukka Honkavuori
12.Daniel Haglöf
13.Jose Manuel De Los Milagros
14.Fazio Franssen
15.Daniel Juncadella
16.Mitchell Evans
17.Nick Cassidy
18.Scott Malvern
19.Craig Suester
20.Luke Cooper
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Valtteri Bottas

Date of birth:August 28, 1989 (22 y/o)
Place of birth:Nastola
Races entered:114
Wins:31
Podiums:58
Pole positions:27
Fastest laps:30
Race win percentage:27.19%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

The racing career of Valtteri Bottas — in detail

2011
GP3 Series
Position: 1 (62 points)
16 races. 4 wins. 1 pole position. 7 podiums. 3 fastest laps.
Team: Lotus ART
Car: Dallara GP3/10 (Renault)
Race photo
 
Cooper Tires British Formula 3 International Series
Position: 17 (17 points)
3 races. 1 win. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 1 fastest lap.
Team: Double R Racing
Car: Dallara F308 (Mercedes)
 
"SJM" Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix
Race position: no position.
Team: Galaxy Double R Racing
Race photo
 
Formula 1 - Test and reserve drivers
Team: AT&T Williams F1 Team
   
2010
Formula 3 Euro Series
Position: 3 (74 points)
18 races. 2 wins. 1 pole position. 8 podiums. 4 fastest laps.
Team: ART Grand Prix
Car: Dallara F308 (Mercedes)
 
Star River - Windsor Arch Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix
Race position: 3.
Team: Prema Powerteam
Car: Dallara F308 (Mercedes)
Race photo
 
RTL GP Masters of Formula 3
Race position: 1.
Team: ART Grand Prix
Car: Dallara F308 (Mercedes)
 
Formula 1 - Test and reserve drivers
Team: AT&T Williams F1 Team
   
2009
Formula 3 Euro Series
Position: 3 (62 points)
20 races. 0 wins. 2 pole positions. 6 podiums. 1 fastest lap.
Team: ART Grand Prix
Car: Dallara F308 (Mercedes)
 
Formula 3 Britain - Invitational class
Position: no position
4 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 0 fastest laps.
Team: ART Grand Prix
Car: Dallara F308 (Mercedes)
 
Windsor Arch F3 Macau Grand Prix
Race position: 5.
Team: ART Grand Prix
Car: Dallara (Mercedes)
 
Tango Masters of Formula 3
Race position: 1. Started from pole position. Fastest lap.
Team: ART Grand Prix
Car: Dallara F308 (Mercedes)
   
2008
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
Position: 1 (139 points)
14 races. 5 wins. 7 pole positions. 10 podiums. 4 fastest laps.
Team: Motopark Academy
Car: Tatuus FR2000 (Renault)
 
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Position: 1 (365 points)
14 races. 12 wins. 13 pole positions. 12 podiums. 12 fastest laps.
Team: Motopark Academy
Car: Tatuus FR2000 (Renault)
Race photo
   
2007
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Position: 3 (279 points)
16 races. 2 wins. 2 pole positions. 6 podiums. 3 fastest laps.
Team: Koiranen Bros. Motorsport
Car: Tatuus FR2000 (Renault)
 
Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series
Position: no position
4 races. 3 wins. 0 pole positions. 4 podiums. 1 fastest lap.
Team: AKA Cobra
Car: Tatuus FR2000 (Renault)
Comments: Not eligible to score points as a non-MSA licence holder.

The karting career of Valtteri Bottas — in detail

2006
World Championship Formula A
Position: no position
Team/entry: PDB Racing Team
Kart: Gillard (Parilla)
 
European Championship Formula A
Position: 29 (2 points)
Team/entry: PDB Racing Team
Kart: Gillard (Parilla)
 
Finnish Championship Formula A
Position: 1
Team/entry: Kohtala Sports
Kart: Gillard (Parilla)
 
Finnish Championship ICA
Position: 1 (79 points)
 
NEZ Championship ICA
Position: 2
 
WSK International Series Formula A
Position: 1 (112 points)
   
2005
World Championship Formula A
Position: 8
Team/entry: PDB Racing Team
Kart: Gillard (Parilla)
 
Nordic Championship ICA
Position: 9
Team/entry: Kohtala Sports
Kart: Gillard
 
Finnish Championship Formula A
Position: 5
 
Finnish Championship ICA
Position: 3 (56 points)
Team/entry: Kohtala Sports
 
Viking Trophy - ICA
Position: 1
Team/entry: Kohtala Sports
Kart: Gillard (Parilla)
   
2004
Viking Trophy - ICA Junior
Position: 2
Team/entry: Kohtala Sports
Kart: Gillard (Parilla)
 
Finnish Championship ICA Junior
Position: 1 (76 points)
   
2003
Finnish Championship ICA Junior
Position: 4 (56 points)
   
2002
Finnish Championship ICA Junior
Position: 5 (45 points)
   
2001
Finnish Championship Cup Raket
Position: 11 (65 points)




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This profile page was last modified 2011-11-20 22:20:25 by Andreas Åberg
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