The Best Drives of Valtteri Bottas in Formula 1: A Thread 😊👊

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Canada 2013 🇨🇦

- Qualified 3rd in Canada in only his 7th Grand Prix, during what was quite a difficult year for Williams.
USA 2013 🇺🇲

- Qualified 9th and finished 8th on Sunday to score his first career points.
Australia 2014 🇦🇺

- Started 15th after receiving a grid penalty, and drove a great race to finish 5th despite picking up a puncture.
Austria 2014 🇦🇹

- Started alongside his teammate on the front row, and scored his first podium in Formula 1 the following day.
Britain 2014 🇬🇧

- Went from 14th to 2nd in the race, pulling off some great overtakes in the process.
Germany 2014 🇩🇪

- Managed to finish in 2nd again, fending off a late charge from Lewis.
Russia 2014 🇷🇺

- After being in the fight for pole on Saturday, Valtteri finished 3rd on Sunday, earning the fastest lap.
Canada 2015 🇨🇦

- Took Williams' first podium of 2015 with a fine drive from P4 on the grid. This was his first of a current 4 podiums in Montreal.
Canada 2016 🇨🇦

- Scored his only podium finish of the season after starting 7th. Valtteri made some good overtakes throughout the race.
Bahrain 2017 🇧🇭

- Valtteri took his first ever pole position at Bahrain, beating his teammate in a straight fight. He would finish 3rd on Sunday.
Russia 2017 🇷🇺

- One of my personal favourite races 😁. Valtteri's first ever win came from 3rd on the grid, after making a great start.
Azerbaijan 2017 🇦🇿

- After the start, he was last and a lap behind, but he ended the race 2nd, passing Stroll on the line.
Austria 2017 🇦🇹

- On a circuit that he loves, Valtteri took pole and got the perfect launch off the start. He held off Vettel in the final laps to win again.
Abu Dhabi 2017 🇦🇪

- A great first season with Mercedes ended with the 3rd win of his career. Valtteri led nearly every single lap.
Belgium 2018 🇧🇪

- An overall difficult season had some good moments in it, one of those being Valtteri's charge from 17th to 4th in Belgium. In particular, he pulled a great move on Hartley at Eau Rouge.
Australia 2019 🇦🇺

- "To whom it may concern..." said Valtteri who won the season opener after a hard 2018. He won this race by around 21 seconds.
Azerbaijan 2019 🇦🇿

- Going wheel-to-wheel with Lewis on lap 1, Valtteri went on to win his first race at Baku, one year after getting incredibly unlucky. He re-took the Championship lead.
Britain 2019 🇬🇧

- He took pole for the race on Saturday, and fought incredibly hard on Sunday, having some great battles with Lewis. VB would finish 2nd.
Japan 2019 🇯🇵

- Another dream start saw Valtteri control the race where Mercedes won title number 6.
USA 2019 🇺🇲

- Pole on Saturday, and the win on Sunday for Valtteri. He overtook newly-crowned 2019 Champion Lewis in the closing stages for the win.
Austria 2020 🇦🇹

- For the second year in a row, VB won the season opener, which was a crazy race at the Red Bull Ring. He led every single lap.
Russia 2020 🇷🇺

- "To whom it may concern..." part 2 😂

- Valtteri drove a good race to take his most recent win (for now) despite a penalty for Lewis.
Eifel/Emilia Romagna/Bahrain 2020 🇩🇪🇮🇹🇧🇭

- Though he suffered misfortune in all 3 of these races, Valtteri did take pole for them all, with incredible laps.
Thanks for reading! Hopefully 2021 will be a great year for VB! 💪🙂
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