Finland is considered to have an unusually high amount of successful Formula One drivers for a country of its relatively small size.

[8] Bottas's first victory came at the 2017 Russian Grand Prix driving for Mercedes and his win tally stands at 10.

[12] Keke Rosberg scored his maiden race win in 1982 and, combined with five podium finishes, he also won the Drivers' title.

On his debut in Portugal, Häkkinen impressed by out-qualifying three-time world champion Senna and was given a permanent seat with the team.

However, his career could easily have been cut short at the end of the 1995 season when a crash in the practice sessions for Adelaide took him close to death.

It was not until the final race of the 1997 season that he would score a maiden victory, but that signalled the start of Häkkinen's most successful period in the sport.

It was with Ferrari that Salo, racing instead of an injured Michael Schumacher, could have won the 1999 German Grand Prix had it not been for team orders forcing him to allow teammate Eddie Irvine through to take the victory.

Kimi Räikkönen made his Formula One debut with Sauber before he secured a seat at McLaren, replacing compatriot Mika Häkkinen.

His second season with the team was very successful and Räikkönen took ten podium finishes on the way to second place in the Drivers' Championship.

He joined Williams as a test driver in 2010 and remained in the role until the end of the 2012 season,[23] making his race weekend debut at the first practice session for the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.

[3] On 28 November 2012, it was announced that Bottas would be promoted to a race drive for Williams in 2013, a position he retained for 2014 till 2016.