Despite not scoring any points, he has certainly lived up to the hype. It was highly disappointing to see him not only retire for the first time in Hungary, but also to see Pastor Maldonado to win Williams first and so far only single point. With the pace of the FW35 being highly disturbing, no one could have predicted what would happen in the wet.
During a wet qualifying session in Canada, The Flying Finn managed to put his car on the second row of the grid, P3. It certainly shocked us all but as great as the lap was, the end result was the complete opposite finishing away down in P14.
What sets Bottas apart from the other four rookies this year is where he came from. The other rookies all came from GP2 (Jules Bianchi has raced in the series but came from Formula Renault 3.5). I'm not the biggest fan of the GP2 series, I think it breeds a different kind of driver in a negative way. Bottas is the best of the rest after finishing P11 in Malaysia, and until Maldonado scored the single point he was beating him. I'm not saying GP2 is a bad series, but it hasn't really produced a champion since Lewis Hamilton and it doesn't look as though it'll produce another one any time soon.
Concern is expressed over where he'll be next year. Formula 1 really needs this guy, he is by all definitions a well rounded driver. He never has tyre problems, he manages his race strategy really well and he has a great arsenal of overtaking moves. In a series that is become more and more crowded with pay drivers and over hyped youngsters, Bottas is the breath of fresh air this sport needs. Give him a quicker car and it will pay dividends.
Though his score tally or lack of TV coverage may not be impressive, I think he's one to watch for the future, and I always get excited when he's racing.
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