Valtteri Bottas

Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber

Finland

2023 Stats

Points

10

Starts

22

Wins

0

Poles

0

Top 5

0

Top 10

4

2023 Fantasy Outlook

In his first year with the Alfa Romeo squad Bottas captured 49 points and finished 10th in the standings. It was his first season without a podium finish since he joined the series in 2013, though. The Alfa Romeo squad was not able to develop their cars as much as some other contenders and Bottas lost ground in the championship positions as a result. His best results of the season came within the first nine races. Reliability also plagued him with five DNFs in the last 13 races compared to just one in those first nine. As a Formula One veteran with 10 career wins Bottas is certainly not a driver to sleep on in 2023, however. If the current pattern holds, he should be expected to get the most out of the car early in the year, but he and the team will need to continue getting more speed out of their 2023 car through the remainder of the season to finish higher in the standings than they did in 2022. Read Past Outlooks

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Can't find pace in Miami

Formula One

May 6, 2024

Bottas finished 16th in the Miami Grand Prix F1 race at Miami International Autodrome on Sunday.

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The Kick Sauber lacked pace all weekend, as Bottas was eliminated in Q1 in both the sprint shootout and traditional qualifying. Looking to work around those deficiencies, he began the grand prix on soft tires with the intention of utilizing a two-stop race -- a unique strategy relative to the rest of the field. Unfortunately for Bottas, a safety car was deployed shortly after he made his pit stop, compromising the strategy. Bottas has now finished 16th or worse in four of six races to begin 2024.

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Suffers engine failure

Formula One

April 22, 2024

Bottas was forced to retire after 19 laps due to an engine failure in the Chinese Grand Prix F1 race at Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday.

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Shows some improvement

Formula One

April 8, 2024

Bottas finished 14th in the Japanese Grand Prix F1 race at Suzuka International Racing Course on Sunday.

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Finishes 14th in Australia

Formula One

March 24, 2024

Bottas finished 14th at the Australian Grand Prix F1 race at Albert Park Circuit on Sunday.

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Slow in Saudi Arabia

Formula One

March 11, 2024

Bottas finished 17th in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix F1 race at Jeddah Corniche Circuit on Saturday.

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Bad luck in Bahrain

Formula One

March 4, 2024

Bottas finished 19th in the Bahrain Grand Prix F1 race at the Bahrain International Circuit on Saturday.

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