Valterri Bottas: 2013 Rookie of the Year 22 December, 2013 It took 18 grand prix races for rookie Valterri Bottas to open his Formula 1 points scoring account, doing so at the United States Grand Prix, in which he performed so impressively, on his way to eighth place. He finished the season second best rookie and perhaps there is a case for Esteban Gutierrez, the highest scoring rookie, to win this award. But the difference which swung our vote to Bottas was the fact that Gutierrez was nowhere near his more experienced teammate Nico Hulkenberg in the handy Sauber, while Bottas often got the better of his more experienced teammate Pastor Maldonado in the feeble Williams. Bottas grew in...
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