Williams confirms Bottas and Stroll for 2017

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As expected, Williams have confirmed that the team's 2017 line-up will include Valtteri Bottas and young Canadian hopeful Lance Stroll.

Bottas will be going on his fifth season with the Grove-based outfit, but with a new partner following Felipe Massa's retirement from the sport.

Teenager lance Stroll blitzed the competition this year in European Formula 3, winning nearly half of the 30 races, an impressive feat which has earned the young charger a graduation to the big league following his role as a Williams development driver in 2016.

Bottas was at one point rumored to be interested in Renault, but the Finn chose the more reasonable option of remaining with Williams, with apparently  improved terms.

Over the course of his 75 starts with the British team, Bottas has scored nine podiums, achieving his best placing in the championship's drivers' standings  in 2014 with fourth.

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