Williams chief race engineer Xevi Pujolar said that rookie racer Valtteri Bottas is a more versatile driver than team-mate Pastor Maldonado.
Bottas secured a third place on the grid at the rain-hit Canadian GP qualifying session in Montreal while Maldonado could only line-up in 13th.
Pujolar believes that both drivers have similar styles but Bottas has the ability of be quick in most conditions.
Williams didn't have a good start in 2013 season, with the duo failing to pick up a single point for their team. However, Bottas managed to qualify third in Canada, and Pujolar believes that the Finn is showing a greater ability to adapt....
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10:07 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Williams driver Valtteri Bottas is hopeful that his third-place finish in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix will secure him an extended stay with the Grove team next season. The Finn was a surprise third in Montreal where he handed the changeable conditions well to go under a half a second slower than Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. Bottas' comments came after deputy team principal Claire...
02:02 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Montreal: Valtteri Bottas enhanced his reputation as one of the rising stars of Formula One when he upstaged some of the biggest names in the sport on Saturday to qualify third fastest for the Canadian Grand Prix. The 23-year-old from Finland showed maturity beyond his years when he guided his Williams to the second row of the grid in difficult, wet conditions. "I don't think we expected to be on...
12:05 PM, Jun 09, 2013
Madurai: A PIL seeking to reinvestigate the the assassination case of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has been filed in the Madras High Court bench in Madurai on Tuesday. The petitioner V Santhakumaresan, an advocate, said in his PIL that "the reinvestigation, in the interest of justice, may bring out buried truths". The important grounds under which the petitioner sought reinvestigation included the reported statement of CBI investigating officer Ragothaman...
03:27 PM, May 28, 2013
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday said the Tamil minority now wants to live peacefully in one country and slammed the Tamil diaspora for the lack of support in his reconciliation and rebuilding efforts in the former conflict zones. "Diaspora and the Tamil parties who foster separation still try to take the Tamil society towards destruction", he said while speaking at the Victory Day celebrations marking the fourth...
03:30 PM, May 18, 2013
Colombo: The Sri Lankan government is investigating a controversial video footage aired by a British Channel accusing the army of war crimes during the final phase of the battle with the LTTE. This was conveyed to European Parliament by Sri Lankan Ambassador to European Union PM Amza on Tuesday, a government statement said. The investigation is to happen irrespective of Sri Lanka's categorical rejection of the Channel-4 footage in the...
05:45 PM, May 15, 2013
Colombo: Sri Lanka has rejected moves to block trade with Tamil Nadu and has insisted that economic relations should not be disrupted despite political tensions, an official said on Thursday. "There were reports regarding a protest by a port employees' organization which said their members will refrain from handling or processing Indian supplies due to the situation in Tamil Nadu," Port and Highway Deputy Minister Rohitha Abeygunawardana said. "I am...
03:54 AM, Apr 05, 2013
A group of unidentified men attacked the office of a Tamil newspaper in Sri Lanka's former war zone on Wednesday, injuring several staffers and damaging equipment at the publication known for its government criticism. ...
05:51 PM, Apr 03, 2013
Trade unions manning Sri Lanka's main port have threatened to block about $2 billion worth of imports and exports to the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, media reports said in Colombo on Wednesday. ...
05:22 PM, Apr 03, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says India knows how to take pressure when it comes to its foreign policies. While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Khurshid called the Italian government sensible in connection with the marines row. ...
08:41 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Sri Lanka has been in the line of fire over alleged human rights violations against Lankan Tamils for almost four years now. Allegations of war crimes and human rights abuses have swirled and eddied around the Sri Lankan Army since the killing of LTTE supremo Prabhakaran, but the photographs of his teenage son Balachandran gave it an ugly disturbing edge. ...
02:08 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Uproar over issues relating to Sri Lankan Tamils and Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma's remarks against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav led to the adjournment of Parliament for an hour on Wednesday. ...
11:59 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The DMK has decided to stall Parliament to force the UPA Government to vote in favour of the US-sponsored resolution. ...
10:36 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Standing firm on its stand for a very strong resolution against Sri Lanka in the United Nation Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), the DMK has decided to stall both houses of Parliament on Tuesday to force the Congress-led UPA Government to vote in favour of the US-sponsored resolution. DMK leaders have given a notice for suspension of question hour in both houses of Parliament. ...
10:11 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Shaken up by DMK chief M Karunanidhi's threat of pulling out his ministers from the UPA Cabinet if his demands on the UNHRC vote against Sri Lanka are not met, the Congress on Monday sent its leaders to placate him. Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister AK Antony and Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad met Karunanidhi at his residence in an attempt to bridge differences between...
06:43 PM, Mar 18, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday said any decision by the government on voting on the UN resolution on Sri Lanka will be taken after consulting all UPA partners even as key ally DMK threatened to walk out of the coalition on the issue. ...
02:40 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Newly-elected Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday offered his support in protecting Sri Lanka's national sovereignty, hinting at Beijing's backing to stave off a US-backed resolution against the country at UN Rights Council. ...
08:44 AM, Mar 17, 2013
The government fielded attacks from both the Opposition and its allies in Parliament on Thursday as the Lok Sabha debated India's role in finding a solution to the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka, and said it will take the "best possible" decision on UN resolution on the island country. Lok Sabha members demanded that government should take a more stern action against the atrocities committed against the Tamils. ...
05:08 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Lok Sabha on Thursday discussed the alleged war crimes by the Sri Lankan army against Tamils during the battle to wipe out the LTTE. DMK leaders pointed out that the Sri Lankan army carried out atrocities and was involved in killing innocent people in the battle. ...
12:30 PM, Mar 07, 2013
India is likely to vote against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council later in March, sources said on Tuesday. The US-sponsored resolution is like to be "procedural" and will not be "intrusive remedy", the sources added. ...
06:15 PM, Mar 05, 2013
