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Valtteri Bottas

2013–present
257
Starts
10
Wins
67
Podiums
20
Poles
0
Titles
1797
Points

Season by season

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Season Team ENT R Win Pod Pole Pts WDC
2013 Williams 19 19 0 0 0 4 P17
2014 Williams 19 19 0 6 0 186 P4
2015 Williams 19 18 0 2 0 136 P5
2016 Williams 21 21 0 1 0 85 P8
2017 Mercedes 20 20 3 13 4 305 P3
2018 Mercedes 21 21 0 8 2 247 P5
2019 Mercedes 21 21 4 15 5 326 P2
2020 Mercedes 17 17 2 11 5 223 P2
2021 Mercedes 22 22 1 11 4 226 P3
2022 Alfa Romeo 22 22 0 0 0 49 P10
2023 Alfa Romeo 22 22 0 0 0 10 P15
2024 Kick Sauber 24 24 0 0 0 0 P22
2026 Cadillac 11 11 0 0 0 0 P21

Race engineer

John Howard Cadillac · since 2026 Left Alpine (formerly Gasly's engineer) to join Cadillac.

Teammates, head to head

most races first
Teammate Qualifying Race Points
Lewis Hamilton '17–'21 · 89r compared , 11 excl. → Full breakdown 29–69 24–65 1316 1916.5
Guanyu Zhou '22–'24 · 48r compared , 20 excl. → Full breakdown 49–17 31–17 57 16
Felipe Massa '14–'16 · 43r compared , 16 excl. → Full breakdown 40–18 21–22 407 308
Pastor Maldonado '13 · 14r compared , 5 excl. → Full breakdown 12–7 5–9 4 1
Sergio Pérez '26 · 4r compared , 7 excl. → Full breakdown 5–6 1–3 0 0
George Russell '20 · 1r compared → Full breakdown 1–0 1–0 4 3

Compare with any driver

career records side by side · any era

Teammate Head-to-Head (above) covers same-car seasons only. Compare reaches across any era — pick any driver.

Road to Formula 1

Karting

Karting from age six; competed in the Formula A World Championship/World Cup in the mid-2000s.

Junior single-seaters

2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup champion (beating Daniel Ricciardo by three points) and NEC champion with Motopark; 2009–10 F3 Euro Series 3rd with ART (winning the Masters of F3 in both 2009 and 2010); 2011 GP3 Series champion with ART (rookie).

Academy

Williams F1 test/reserve driver from 2010 to 2012.

Highlights

Eurocup and NEC double in 2008; first driver to win the F3 Masters twice.

F1 debut

2013 with Williams, partnering Pastor Maldonado.

2008
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
Motopark · Champion
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Motopark · Champion
2010
F3 Euro Series
ART · 3rd
2011
GP3 Series
ART · Champion
2013
Formula 1 Debut
Williams

Reliability & consistency

era-dependent · see explanation
11.7% DNF rate 30 in 257 starts
56.4% points-finish rate 145 in 257 starts
P1 best finish
P1 best grid
DNF rate & points-finish rate

DNF rate — "how often did they not finish?"

The share of race starts that ended without a classified finish. Formula: races not finished ÷ race starts × 100. Races the driver did not start are excluded from both sides. A disqualification counts as a finish that scored nothing, not a DNF. Why it sits apart from the era-fair rates: unlike a win or a podium, finishing meant something very different in different eras. Cars in the 1950s–70s broke constantly; modern cars almost always reach the flag. A high DNF rate in 1955 says far more about the machinery than the driver. Comparing two drivers within the same season is meaningful — they faced the same conditions. Across eras it's context, not a verdict.

Points-finish rate — "how often did they score?"

The share of race starts that ended in a points-paying position. Formula: races finished in a scoring position ÷ race starts × 100, using that season's real points system. Why it's era-dependent: the number of positions that pay points has changed repeatedly — the top five scored in 1950, the top ten score today. A modern driver has roughly twice as many scoring positions available for the same relative performance, so a higher percentage doesn't necessarily mean a better driver. Like DNF rate, it's shown as context.

2026 Salary

estimated — not officially disclosed
Est. annual $5M
Contract through 2026 or 2027
Base / bonus $5M base / UNKNOWN

Source: PaddockIntel / GPFans (Apr–Jun 2026).