F1 : Valtteri Bottas admits that rumours of an impending switch from Williams to Ferrari are "disturbing"
Valtteri Bottas admits speculation about a potential move to Ferrari is disturbing - but insists he is fully committed to winning his first grand prix with Williams. The 25-year-old is in his third year on the Formula One grid with Williams, having started out with the British team as a test driver in 2012.
It was that year that saw the team win their last race when Pastor Maldonado took the chequered flag at the Spanish Grand Prix but the last two seasons have seen an overall upturn in fortunes. Williams finished third in the constructors' championship last season as Bottas and team-mate Felipe Massa often proved to be best of the rest behind the dominant Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Bottas has impressed many people in the paddock with how well he has taken to life in F1 and has long been linked with a move to Ferrari to replace fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen from 2016 onwards.