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Watching the 2001 season (as a whole) again during the offseason, it's been so long that I can't remember the race outcomes. Kimi made his debut in Australia. Waiting for Bottas in march!

In the Meanwhile!
Let's hear some realistic expectations from us forumers. How many points would you WANT Bottas to get Vs. How many do you think he will get.
Be Realistic!

Im predicting bottas to boreus ...! Mark my words williams will miss brunos consustency next year ...

I think he will be good on days but very bad on others i don't think there will be much in between a bit like rogro, he proved he was fast in practise but in fairness so did Bruno senna it was the one lap pace he couldn't get. Based on him not racing higher than gp3 and even then being quite a mature driver for that formula i expect a few on track or first lap incidents, but i think on his day he will be good. I do agree that they could miss consistent points next year unless Maldonado has banished his red mist demons.

I'll make a bold prediction and say he'll gather more points than Maldonado next season. Maldonado will probably out-qualify him in the first half of the season but Bottas will have better consistency and racecraft!

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I would LIKE to see Bottas get on the podium, ecstatic if he won a race ( maldo pulled it off last year..theres hope... )
Realistically I think it will be tight between Maldo & Bottas, with Bottas keeping his nose clean proving to be the difference.

Marked! But I think Bottas will prove you wrong.

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Without going overboard either way, Bottas sounds interesting with his achievements thus far but it remains to be seen how he performs in the Big League. It would be good for Williams if he succeeded.

He does not sound like a Finn though, without an "nen" at the end of his name!

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well, I think he will be consistent, he seems to be determined and focused in his job, so I dont see him as a second crashjean at all..maybe he will challenge Maldo at the middle point of the season.
There seems to have been a few "nen" in formula but Swedish names are not uncommon in Finland just one form of lastnames here. My hubbys family name was earlier swedish but they changed it to finnish one long ago.

Salo, Lehto, Rosberg, Rosberg...

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Something I stumbled upon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oNCzRIsmBs

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bless him, he looked bored s*itless

Wonder if this thread will get as big as Kimis

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this bloke is just like the rest of the paying lot in 2/3 years time only the top 3/4 team will be the only ones that wont have them is a joke your better off watching rally cross

Huh?

What makes you say that? If anything, Bottas is one of the guys who are there because they are genuinely rated by their team and are there despite serious sponsors.

Is it really too big of an effort to at least try to make coherent sentences?

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Probably not if you happened to skip the class where they told about punctuation.

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"OHO!-magazine number 46/2006: - I read somewhere that I drive with the luck of a drunk."

So what do you guys think we might expect from Valtteri at Melbourne? Will he join the club to have got points in their debut race?

Nothing but praise here from Valtteri's engineer in GP3:
http://blogit.mtv3.fi/mrenigma/

He seems to be very good in the wet and maybe he'll get to prove that on sunday!

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I hope they dont spend the whole week loading expectations on his shoulders too much. Interesting to read tho, while I remember seeing a few wet races at gp3..He was fast but Calado was fast too.

I think he'll be able to beat Maldo more often than not.
12-7 I'm guessing (in race finishes. Maldo will probably win 13-6 in quali I think)

I see bottas finishing in the top 10 most races this year but never cracking the top 5. I think he will use this year to gain valuable experience and hoon his racecraft/pace. He will be the man in 2 years and most likely scooped up by 1 of the top teams.

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I'll be cheering for Bottas this year out of the rookies, he's one of the only newer drivers that have a seat based on talent, not money.

Alcohol would be my guess.

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This.

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Bottas does bring in money from Wihuri to sweeten the deal, a couple of million euros but nothing like Maldonado does. Performance-wise I predict it will be quite close with Maldonado usually having one or two tenths on Bottas for at least the first half of the season, maybe more. Bottas hasn't driven a whole race weekend yet whereas Maldo is likely to up his Sunday game from past seasons. I would be seriously surprised if Bottas manages to outpace his more experienced, race-winning teammate right away. Bottas seems quick and a nice guy to boot but some of you guys don't give Maldonado enough credit.

I also expect Maldonado to consistently be better than Bottas in the first races, but in the second half of the season we'll see what really is going on. Still, Bottas should be able to give Maldonado a run for his money at some point - and Maldonado is a good driver.

I'm going to predict that even on first races, they'll only be separated by a tenth or so for Maldonado's favor. Maybe even for the whole season, but I also predict that Bottas will collect more points and possibly even a podium.

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"OHO!-magazine number 46/2006: - I read somewhere that I drive with the luck of a drunk."

Valtteri answers some Twitter questions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDC4fr-a1kc

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"OHO!-magazine number 46/2006: - I read somewhere that I drive with the luck of a drunk."

No he doesn't want to hoon it. Ask Hamilton about hooning it...

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Good one Laura.... Couldnt stop laughing .... Hooning.. Thats my new favorite word.

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Consistent 10th place finishes isn't anything to write home about..Also even though he finished in the points 10 times compared to Maldonados 5, he STILL didn't beat Maldonado in the final standings, to me that says a lot. He's lucky his team mate had so many problems or else he would have been squashed like a bug!

Terrible pace from the Williams cars and Bottas a good way down on even Maldonado. Not looking good currently.

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Did not look impressive at all, but he didn't seem to be pushing all that hard either, which may mean he's still learning the track. The car looked pretty bad as well



I have no idea where people(not just you, a LOT of people) have gotten the idea that Bottas is a swedish name. According to the swedish name database, there are 0 people in Sweden with the name Bottas, and as a swedish-speaker myself, the name doesn't sound swedish at all.

To my amateur ears, it sounded portuguese, and after googling the name with common portuguese first names, it seems to be right.

Pedro Bottas

Jose Bottas

I liked this tweet on the origin of Bottas' name...

"@f1bastard: What's with that Williams driver's name? Watery Butt-Arse? Doesn't sound Finnish to me."

Try it in a Scottish accent...

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Well done for out-qualifying Pastor in such tricky conditions. That Williams looks like a handful.

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Can't wait to see what Bottas can achieve in the dry, I feel that comparing Maldonado and Bottas will be hard this weekend as Maldonado had a shocking qualy session, but if Bottas does not fare much better and they start near each other on the grid then it will be interesting to see which has the better race.

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Bold prediction, but I think Bottas will outscore Maldonado this year.

However, I have a feeling both drivers will struggle to get podiums this year. Ok, maybe it's a little too soon for any reliable predictions but the Williams seemed to be miles off the pace in practice (both in the dry and the wet) and Maldonado's comments will only have raised concerns that the car is lacking pace.

Sorry, I should have been more accurate with the name..according to finnish sources the name Bottas is the name of the place, not people. In Finland anyway..some people just took the name as their last name. Who knows, it might have something to do with portuguese traveller

Bottas said the car was a handfull , sliding around but on the other hand,some analysis said Williams could gain in race pace despite beeing bad in quali.

I would like to add that Swedish names are not very uncommon in Finland.

Edit: Did a search for Sweden, zero hits persons with Bottas as a last name

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