Williams Front Row at 2014 Austrian GP Should Not Mask Valtteri Bottas’ Failure

When you're a young driver trying to make your name in Formula One, as Valtteri Bottas of Williams is, the one thing you crave for above all else is opportunity. Some drivers, such as Jean-Eric Vergne, never get an opportunity. They trundle around in a car with only an occasional chance of scoring points for a few years before slipping off the radar and being replaced by the next big thing, who more often than not goes on to trundle around in a car with only an occasional chance of scoring points for a few years. Other drivers—like Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Kevin Magnussen—firmly grasp an opportunity with both hands. They embody the gambles of major institutions and repay that faith within a matter of month...

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