- 03 Nov 16, 11:26#441565
ESPNF1:
Williams has confirmed 18-year-old Canadian driver Lance Stroll will drive alongside Valtteri Bottas in 2017.
Stroll, the winner of this year's European Formula 3 championship, will replace the retiring Felipe Massa, giving Williams its first line-up change since the Brazilian was paired with Bottas in 2014. The deal keeps Bottas at the team for a fifth season following interest from Renault.
Stroll only turned 18 on October 29, which delayed Williams' unveiling as the teenager could not be pictured with main sponsor Martini until he was of legal drinking age in the UK. He becomes the first Canadian driver in Formula One since 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve, whose last race was the 2006 German Grand Prix.
The pair were unveiled at the team's factory in Grove, Oxfordshire on Thursday. Bottas and Stroll will drive the FW40 next year, the car which will skip a number in Williams' lineage in order to mark the team's 40th season in F1.
I know whose heart will be throbbing extra hard
Williams has confirmed 18-year-old Canadian driver Lance Stroll will drive alongside Valtteri Bottas in 2017.
Stroll, the winner of this year's European Formula 3 championship, will replace the retiring Felipe Massa, giving Williams its first line-up change since the Brazilian was paired with Bottas in 2014. The deal keeps Bottas at the team for a fifth season following interest from Renault.
Stroll only turned 18 on October 29, which delayed Williams' unveiling as the teenager could not be pictured with main sponsor Martini until he was of legal drinking age in the UK. He becomes the first Canadian driver in Formula One since 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve, whose last race was the 2006 German Grand Prix.
The pair were unveiled at the team's factory in Grove, Oxfordshire on Thursday. Bottas and Stroll will drive the FW40 next year, the car which will skip a number in Williams' lineage in order to mark the team's 40th season in F1.
I know whose heart will be throbbing extra hard
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