F1 2015 Head-to-Head: Valtteri Bottas vs. Felipe Massa at Williams

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Published: March 8, 2015

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Just like the "Touch of Gray" hair colour guy, Williams may have found the ideal mix of experience and youthful energy with their driver pairing of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas.

Massa came to Williams last season after eight years at Ferrari and immediately said he felt at home with the Grove-based team. "I feel happier because I'm having a great time," he told Crash.net's Chris Medland last September.

Bottas is entering his third Formula One season, but has already shown the speed of a future champion. He announced his potential with a brilliant qualifying performance on a wet Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve at the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix, and followed it up with six podium finishes and fourth in the drivers' championship in 2014.



Although Bottas outscored Massa 186 to 134 last season, their relative performance was somewhat closer. Massa was ahead of Bottas in eight of the 14 races they both finished. However, Massa also seemed to be a magnet for other cars, and he was put out of four races in collisions with Kamui Kobayashi, Sergio Perez, Kimi Raikkonen and Kevin Magnussen.

Massa also demonstrated that he is still capable of brilliant performances—something that had become rare from the Brazilian since his serious 2009 accident in Hungary. In Austria last year, he grabbed pole position, the only one all season that was not taken by Mercedes. Then, at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Massa nearly caught Lewis Hamilton for the victory as the Brit sought to preserve his car.



But despite Massa's pole, Bottas still has the edge in one-lap speed, out-qualifying the Brazilian 13 times in 19 races. Only Fernando Alonso had a better qualifying record against his team-mate.

For 2015, Massa's one big advantage—his experience—is starting to wane. He is 33 years old, with 210 grand prix starts and 11 victories on his record, but now Bottas, who is 25, has ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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