Top 5 Finnish F1 Drivers of all time

#4 - Valtteri Bottas

Bottas now has four times in F1.

While Valtteri Bottas had an awful 2018, the Finn has proved himself to be a great driver, and is already back to winning ways in 2019. Bottas' first F1 season, in 2013, didn't produce many positive results, as the Williams that year was a very slow car (some things never change).

However, there were sparks of brilliance, including qualifying in third position for the Canadian Grand Prix and in wet conditions, no less. The regulation changes for 2014 propelled Williams up the grid, and Bottas had an incredible year, finishing on the podium six times, and resoundingly beating Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and his teammate Felipe Massa in the driver's championship.

2015 and '16 was a continuation of this. Podiums were regular, but the win still eluded Valtteri, although this was about to change. Nico Rosberg's retirement opened the door for a new driver to partner Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, and Bottas was the man chosen by Toto Wolff.

It took just 4 races driving for the Silver Arrows for the Finn to stand on the top step of the podium, in Russia, and two more wins would follow in what was a solid campaign. 2018 was a year to forget, as bad luck and some poor mistakes put his position at Mercedes under threat, but the new Flying Finn was back with a bang at the previous round in Australia. Perhaps 2019 will bring a fourth Finnish World Champion.