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Valtteri Bottas is a racing driver from Finland who competes in Formula 1, the world's premier motorsport championship. He matters because he has been a competitive driver at the highest level of professional auto racing, competing against the best drivers in the sport.
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Nastola, Finland
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- Rétro F1 2023 : Un Max de records — Self2023
- Formula 1: The Official Review Of The 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship2023
- Formula 1: The Official Review Of The 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship — Self2022
- When We Were Young — Self2022
- Rétro F1 2022 : Verstappen l'indomptable — Self2022
- Beyond the Visible — Self2022
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Viktor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Finland
- Place of birth
- Nastola
- Spouse
- Emilia Pikkarainen
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver
- Languages spoken
- Finnish
- Sport
- Formula One
- Member of team
- Alfa Romeo Racing
- Mass
- 70
- Official website
- valtteribottas.com
- Image
- Valtteri Bottas at the 2026 Adelaide Motorsport Festival (028A7556).jpg
- Height
- 173
- Residence
- Monaco
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- 1547088
- Commons category
- Valtteri Bottas
- date of birth
- 1989-08-28
- nickname
- Vale
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- Valtteri Bottas
- birth name
- Valtteri Viktor Bottas
- competition won
- 2011 GP3 Series
- name in native language
- Valtteri Bottas
- unmarried partner
- Tiffany Cromwell
- points for
- 1787
- number of wins
- 10
- pole positions
- 20
- podium finishes
- 67
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 216
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Encyclopedic overview
Valtteri Viktor Bottas ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑltːeri ˈbotːɑs]; born 28 August 1989) is a Finnish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Cadillac. Bottas has twice finished runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship in 2019 and 2020 with Mercedes, and has won 10 Grands Prix across 13 seasons.
Born and raised in Nastola, Bottas began kart racing aged six. After studying automotive engineering and completing mandatory military service, Bottas progressed to junior formulae in 2007. He won his first championship at the Formula Renault NEC in 2008, also winning the Formula Renault Eurocup by three points to Daniel Ricciardo, both with Motopark. He then won the Masters of Formula 3 back-to-back in 2009 and 2010 with ART, before winning the GP3 Series in 2011. After two years as a test driver, Bottas signed for Williams in 2013 to partner Pastor Maldonado, making his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix. In 2014, he finished fourth in the championship, taking his maiden career podium at the Austrian Grand Prix. Across four seasons at Williams, Bottas finished on the podium nine times.
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