In the run-up to the start of pre-season testing Motorsport Week brings you left-field reflections and stories of teams, drivers and reserves that will be part of the Formula 1 paddock in 2019. Valtteri Bottas has been an established front-runner for most of his Formula 1 career. Bottas was only in his second season when Williams emerged as a contender as the hybrid era began in 2014 and his status as a challenger was confirmed upon his switch to Mercedes for 2017. His first year, though, was spent mired towards the back of the grid as Williams struggled with its recalcitrant and unloved FW35 in 2013. Having had a fast-but-inconsistent car in 2012, in which Pastor Maldonado staggeringly...
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