Valtteri Bottas will stay at Williams in 2017 as the team promote Canadian rookie Lance Stroll as his team-mate. Bottas, who has raced for Williams since his debut in 2013, had been of interest to Renault but BBC Sport has learned he will not be moving. Stroll, who is 18 this month, won this year's European Formula 3 title and has been prepared for his graduation with a series of tests in old Williams cars. Stroll's father is Canadian billionaire businessman Lawrence Stroll. Williams' Formula 1 line-up is to be announced in the days following next weekend's Mexican Grand Prix. A Williams spokeswoman refused to comment. Bottas has managed nine podium finishes since his F1 debut in 2013...
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