Valtteri Bottas: before I put the high bar

Valtteri Bottas, for the first time on Thursday took the wheel in testing at Jerez. On the eve of the Finnish pilot Williams told me that eagerly waiting for this moment. Valtteri raised the subject of care from a team of 1996 and Toto rivalry with his famous compatriot Kimi Raikkonen.

Valtteri Bottas: "it is better to wait for his turn to sit down in the car on the road, but now it doesn't matter-in Thursday and Friday I will conduct the tests, and then I waited an entire season.

The last race, in which I participated, was a stage in Macau S.A.R. Formula 3 at the end of the year 2011. Since then, it has been a long time, but I feel ready for the fight. I have achieved one of their goals. I have always had no problem with motivation, but now I am motivated even stronger than before.

The main task this year is to make progress, but already at the beginning of the season I want to greatly raise the bar. Already in the first race, I want to be at a level to compliment the capabilities of the machine show results comparable with the results of the pastor.

Too bad that Toto Wolff does not work anymore in Williams, but the structure of our team perfectly organized. We have the people, the team moved forward, and with his departure for me almost nothing has changed. However, Toto continues to participate in the development of my career. My Manager Didier coton, Mika Häkkinen and Toto together look after me. Every week I talk to Mika, we talk a lot. With it I can discuss any topics, because it has a very great experience.

Nice to chat in the paddock with the Finnish racers with Kimi, we will see each other often, but, in the end, we are rivals. He is a world champion and I will be very glad when I get ahead. Finnish fans surely will delight our struggle. "