Official Valtteri Bottas Thread
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:19 am
I would like to hear what other people think of him. I believe he has great potential and in a couple of years he will be one of the top drivers.
Hopefully will replace that turtle called Bruno Senna.BBKing wrote:I would like to hear what other people think of him. I believe he has great potential and in a couple of years he will be one of the top drivers.
When did we ever have three Finns on the grid?BBKing wrote:Maybe in a situation where both drivers are clearly underperforming the car and Willliams feels that they are falling behind other teams with a lot slower cars. But I'm finnish and I like dreaming about the situation where we would have three drivers on the grid again
keeps sucking?? ITS BEEN ONE RACE!!!!Bosse wrote:Hard to say really. He hasn't been spectacular like Hamilton or Hulkenberg etc. in the minor series, but was impressive last year kind of pulling his head back to the surface. Winning a GP3 championship alone is nothing to write home about but he showed good pace in Macau F3 GP even when missing practice sessions and has been rather handy in the F1 tests so far.
If Senna keeps sucking he might very well have a shot.
After some wiki research I found in the final two rounds of the 1994 season Mika Hakkinen, Mika Salo, and JJ Lehto were all on the grid together. It may have happened another time as well but I'm not sure. Anyways, I hope Bottas gets a seat. He's proven he has pace in testing compared to the cash crashers.RaisinChips wrote:When did we ever have three Finns on the grid?BBKing wrote:Maybe in a situation where both drivers are clearly underperforming the car and Willliams feels that they are falling behind other teams with a lot slower cars. But I'm finnish and I like dreaming about the situation where we would have three drivers on the grid again
Yep, that was the only time Finland had three drivers at the same time in F1. It could have happened again in 2001, but Salo had one year off developing Toyota and when he returned Hakkinen retired. I'm hoping that it could happen again next year, if not at some point this season.OnAGivenDay wrote:After some wiki research I found in the final two rounds of the 1994 season Mika Hakkinen, Mika Salo, and JJ Lehto were all on the grid together. It may have happened another time as well but I'm not sure. Anyways, I hope Bottas gets a seat. He's proven he has pace in testing compared to the cash crashers.RaisinChips wrote:When did we ever have three Finns on the grid?BBKing wrote:Maybe in a situation where both drivers are clearly underperforming the car and Willliams feels that they are falling behind other teams with a lot slower cars. But I'm finnish and I like dreaming about the situation where we would have three drivers on the grid again
/\ This, espically as his car was hit in the air on lap 1.pyratheon141 wrote:keeps sucking?? ITS BEEN ONE RACE!!!!Bosse wrote:Hard to say really. He hasn't been spectacular like Hamilton or Hulkenberg etc. in the minor series, but was impressive last year kind of pulling his head back to the surface. Winning a GP3 championship alone is nothing to write home about but he showed good pace in Macau F3 GP even when missing practice sessions and has been rather handy in the F1 tests so far.
If Senna keeps sucking he might very well have a shot.
At the moment we have three drivers with Finnish nationality thoughBBKing wrote:Yep, that was the only time Finland had three drivers at the same time in F1. It could have happened again in 2001, but Salo had one year off developing Toyota and when he returned Hakkinen retired. I'm hoping that it could happen again next year, if not at some point this season.OnAGivenDay wrote:After some wiki research I found in the final two rounds of the 1994 season Mika Hakkinen, Mika Salo, and JJ Lehto were all on the grid together. It may have happened another time as well but I'm not sure. Anyways, I hope Bottas gets a seat. He's proven he has pace in testing compared to the cash crashers.RaisinChips wrote:When did we ever have three Finns on the grid?BBKing wrote:Maybe in a situation where both drivers are clearly underperforming the car and Willliams feels that they are falling behind other teams with a lot slower cars. But I'm finnish and I like dreaming about the situation where we would have three drivers on the grid again
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Formu ... on#Drivers
But Nico is missing the on-and-off-track flamboyancy of his father.Covalent wrote:At the moment we have three drivers with Finnish nationality thoughBBKing wrote:Yep, that was the only time Finland had three drivers at the same time in F1. It could have happened again in 2001, but Salo had one year off developing Toyota and when he returned Hakkinen retired. I'm hoping that it could happen again next year, if not at some point this season.OnAGivenDay wrote:After some wiki research I found in the final two rounds of the 1994 season Mika Hakkinen, Mika Salo, and JJ Lehto were all on the grid together. It may have happened another time as well but I'm not sure. Anyways, I hope Bottas gets a seat. He's proven he has pace in testing compared to the cash crashers.RaisinChips wrote:When did we ever have three Finns on the grid?BBKing wrote:Maybe in a situation where both drivers are clearly underperforming the car and Willliams feels that they are falling behind other teams with a lot slower cars. But I'm finnish and I like dreaming about the situation where we would have three drivers on the grid again
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Formu ... on#Drivers
Nico has a dual citizenship of Finland and Germany, but he's racing under German license in F1. I've heard he raced under Finnish license in lower formula series. I think he eventually chose the German license over Finnish for a number of reasons: despite having a Finnish father he's never lived in Finland nor does he speak Finnish, and also for sponsorship purposes because it's easier to get sponsorship backing and make your way to Formula 1 as a German driver than as a Finnish driver.darksides wrote:Isn't Nico officially German? lived there most of his life or something.
Yup, nothing in his character that appeals to me sadly.RaisinChips wrote: But Nico is missing the on-and-off-track flamboyancy of his father.
It's a coincidence but I didn't even think I was the only one to have discovered that little wordplay.Covalent wrote:Yup, nothing in his character that appeals to me sadly.RaisinChips wrote: But Nico is missing the on-and-off-track flamboyancy of his father.
BTW, before the forum renewal I had my location written in the same way as you do now, did you borrow my idea or is it just a coincidence? I don't recognize your nick though!
Coulthard..BBKing wrote:What I think was really impressive about the GP3 win, was the fact that they had a very bad start of the season and still managed to win in the end. It seems that Williams values him highly and their test drivers usually end up in a race seat (Rosberg, Hulkenberg).
and Montoya.Gintynm wrote:Coulthard..BBKing wrote:What I think was really impressive about the GP3 win, was the fact that they had a very bad start of the season and still managed to win in the end. It seems that Williams values him highly and their test drivers usually end up in a race seat (Rosberg, Hulkenberg).
Maldonado brings around £45 million to the team, tbh they would be stupid to give that up. Personally, I don't like Maldonado and don't rate him; but he was good enough to win GP2 championship and brings the team good money. Also, he outperformed Barichello on a number of occasions last year!TakumaSatoforthewin wrote:As a Williams fan, Valtteri should replace Maldonado. Pastor is quick but makes oo many mistakes, Bruno is a better driver which was proved in Malaysia.
I know it won't happen and Maldonado will stay. But if Williams impress this year and lots of new sponsors are found, we can get rid of Maldonado and bring in Bottas. Or someone else, maybe Kovalinen perhaps. Pastor beat Rubens SOMETIMES but that was when Rubens was getting old, not in his hayday. No one would e stupid enough to say Pastor is better than him.pyratheon141 wrote:Maldonado brings around £45 million to the team, tbh they would be stupid to give that up. Personally, I don't like Maldonado and don't rate him; but he was good enough to win GP2 championship and brings the team good money. Also, he outperformed Barichello on a number of occasions last year!TakumaSatoforthewin wrote:As a Williams fan, Valtteri should replace Maldonado. Pastor is quick but makes oo many mistakes, Bruno is a better driver which was proved in Malaysia.
Can we say now B.Senna and Maldonado are doing better than we could expect?Aduka wrote:Hopefully will replace that turtle called Bruno Senna.BBKing wrote:I would like to hear what other people think of him. I believe he has great potential and in a couple of years he will be one of the top drivers.
Depends how could you think the car is. For all we know it could be as good as the Mclaren or Red Bull and the drivers are letting it down. Alternatively it could be as good as the Force India or Toro Rosso and the drivers are making the difference. Kind of hard to judge really with Senna and Maldanado. My guess would be that in race trim the car is similar in performance to the Lotus. In which case the drivers are doing a decent job and don't deserve to be replaced.FlavioPassos wrote:Can we say now B.Senna and Maldonado are doing better than we could expect?Aduka wrote:Hopefully will replace that turtle called Bruno Senna.BBKing wrote:I would like to hear what other people think of him. I believe he has great potential and in a couple of years he will be one of the top drivers.
BBKing wrote:Now let's put Bottas in the other Williams car and let's see what happens!!!
TakumaSatoforthewin wrote:As a Williams fan, Valtteri should replace Maldonado. Pastor is quick but makes oo many mistakes, Bruno is a better driver which was proved in Malaysia.
The problem for Senna at Barcelona was allot to do with missing the first practice session. This track required the car to have a good setup suited to each driver to enable the best possible results, especially getting the car to work for each driver regarding how the tyres behaved and worn at this track.pyratheon141 wrote:Well maybe Williams should start replacing Maldonado rather than Senna every week as obviously Maldonado doesn't need the track time as much atm.