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KEMPPI MOTORSPORTS
Valtteri Bottas is one
step closer to his dream
Kemppi’s partner, the young car
racer Valtteri Bottas, gained huge
success during his fi rst race season
in the North-European NEC series
and the English winter series. Last
year, Valtteri set his goal to make it
to the F1 track in fi ve years. Now that
goal is one step closer.
The Koiranen Bros Team’s race car that Valtteri
Bottas has been using attracted plenty of
curious people in the Kemppi Summer Party
2007. Valtteri had brought his car for the public
to view and told Kemppi’s employees in his
relaxed way about the car’s technology and
driving tips.
On that sunny summer day, Valtteri’s fi rst season
as a formula racer was only beginning, as it was
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only the fi rst race of the North European NEC
series that had been driven in Zandvoort, The
Netherlands. In that race, Valtteri had attained
the second place in the second fi nal, which
meant a fast start of the career.
Also in the subsequent races of the season,
Valtteri was constantly either the leader or at
least very close to the leader. His fi nal position
in the NEC series of 2007 was 3.
Valtteri also participated in the English winter
series where he, once again, lived up to his
promise. Valtteri almost took it all in the winter
series as he won three of the four fi nals and
fi nished second in one. However, his name was
not seen in the offi cial results as he lacked the
local competition licence.
Bottas moves to the Motopark Academy
Team
For this season, Valtteri has concluded an
agreement with the German Motopark
With this car, Valtteri Bottas became famous
in the Formula NEC series in the season
2007. The car attracted plenty of interest in the
Kemppi Summer Party.
Academy team. The contract includes seven
Eurocup races and eight NEC series races in the
Formula Renault 2.0 class in the season of 2008.
The contract also includes six test days in the
season of 2007 and 11 for the season of 2008.
“Valtteri has set this season as his goal for
winning the championship in both series. The
team is committed to this goal as well and
have often mentioned that Valtteri is the driver
that will be emphasised in the season of 2008”,
comments Valtteri’s father and manager, Rauno
Bottas.
Test drives have started off nicely. Valtteri has
fi nished second time after time, as the Austrian
Daniel Ricciardo of the SG Formula team has
always managed to capture the lead position
by increasingly narrow margin.
“The team has been very satisfi ed with Valtteri’s
performance and test day results, and this is
a good place to continue from”, comments
Rauno Bottas. █