Sir Frank Williams insists Valtteri Bottas should prepare for 2013 – Formula 1 news
Williams’ team owner, Sir Frank Williams has said that Valtteri Bottas should prepare himself to perform well as a race driver in the 2013 Formula 1 season.
The British squad has recently announced their next year’s driver line-up which includes Pastor Maldonado and Bottas who has been their test driver during the last three years.
Moreover, they have axed Bruno Senna who has not been able to attain desired results for his team in this season and has failed to score points in most of the grands prix.
On the other hand, Maldonado has also struggled with his pace, but has scored his maiden win in this season and brought his team victory after a long time. Furthermore, he has a huge sponsor with him which has helped him in retaining his race seat for one
more year.
Besides, his new teammate, Bottas has received a lot of admiration after showing an impressive pace in Young Driver Test. In addition, the Finnish driver has also replaced Senna in many free practice sessions in this year which has considerably increased
his level of confidence.
However, Williams asserted that the first season is always tough for the driver as he faces huge pressure from his competitors. Therefore, he insisted that the Finn should make the necessary preparations in order to compete well with his rivals and to come
up to the team’s expectations in the next year.
“Valtteri has been part of the Williams family for three years now and I know that he’s thought of very highly of by our race engineers and others in the paddock. His ability to assimilate information quickly is excellent, and he has shown in 2012 during
Friday practice that he can quickly get up to speed at a new track. That will be important next year because the first season is always the toughest, particularly with the calibre of the other drivers,” Williams said.
The Grove based team has been deemed as one of the most competent midfield contenders in this season as they showed incredible developments in their car. Let’s see how they perform in the coming year.
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