Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas is to contest the opening round of the Finnish Rally Championship next month when he competes in the Arctic Lapland Rally. The Finn will drive an M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC with two-time World Rally champion Timo Rautiainen as his co-driver. 'This is a unique opportunity to take a peek into the world of rallying,' said Bottas, 'and I would like to thank everyone who has made it possible. 'It's totally new territory for me too, as I have no prior experience of a World Rally Car,' he admitted. 'Still, being the race car driver that I am, you always go flat out whatever the vehicle you're driving in.' 'In my life, I've sat in a rally car with only three drivers,'...
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