Bottas to make rally car debut

Valtteri Bottas has revealed he will drive an M-Sport Ford Fiesta World Rally Car in his competitive rallying debut in Finland.

Bottas will compete in the Arctic Lapland Rally from January 24th until January 26th in a Fiesta similar to the one Sebastian Ogier used to win the last two World Rally Championships.

Timo Rautianen will be his co-driver, he navigated Marcus Gronholm to WRC titles in 2000 and 2002.

"Still, being the race car driver that I am, you always go flat out whatever the vehicle you're driving in." Added Bottas.

Co-driver Rautianen commented on the Finn’s ability to tackle a challenge like this saying: "I believe that for a talented wheelman like Valtteri, we'll be able to establish a good basic driving routine in testing.