Vasseur reacts to Bottas: "Driver to help Alfa Romeo to step towards the front"

After the official announcement of Valtteri Bottas' switch from Mercedes to Alfa Romeo, which had been in the air for some time, Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur says he is enthusiastically looking forward to the Finn's move. With Bottas he believes he has found a strategic key player.

“It is a pleasure to welcome Valtteri to the team and we are looking forward to our journey together. With him, we bring to Hinwil a strong team player with experience at the sharp end of the grid," the Alfa Romeo team boss said in an official press release.

Vasseur continued, seeing in the arrival of Bottas a valuable addition to his team, which is seeing a lot of experience fall away with the exit of Raikkonen. "Valtteri has been an integral part of a team that rewrote the history books and he has four constructors’ world titles to his name: he is the right driver to help Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN make a step forward towards the front of the grid."

Of crucial importance

"His talent and skills have been evident ever since, only growing with the time: I’m really looking forward to seeing him put his ability to work for the good of the team. The multi-year deal bringing him to us gives both Valtteri and the team the stability we need to build our project at a crucial time for Formula One: we are excited for what the future holds in store," the team boss added. 

“It is a pleasure to welcome Valtteri to the team and we are looking forward to our journey together. With him, we bring to Hinwil a strong team player with experience at the sharp end of the grid. Valtteri has been an integral part of a team that rewrote the history books and he has four constructors’ world titles to his name: he is the right driver to help Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN make a step forward towards the front of the grid. Our relationship goes back a long way, to when we worked together in successful campaigns in F3 and GP3, and his talent and skills have been evident ever since, only growing with the time: I’m really looking forward to seeing him put his ability to work for the good of the team. The multi-year deal bringing him to us gives both Valtteri and the team the stability we need to build our project at a crucial time for Formula One: we are excited for what the future holds in store.”