Before start of the 2013 season Finland’s Valtteri Bottas was ‘the one to watch’ in most pundits’ opinion.

However, since his debut with the Williams team the rookie hasn’t set the world alight. With the expectation of a competitive car well and truly out the window Bottas has admitted to fearing that his less than impressive ride is disguising his true potential.

“No one expected that we wouldn’t have any points until now because everyone was hoping we would make as step from last year,” he said. “The things I’m doing in the car, maybe some good things are very difficult to see from outside.

“That’s how it is now. All I can do is just do my best all the time.

“I have got positive feedback from the team and I’m still learning all the time and pace wise I’ve been matching Pastor, we’ve been very close.”

The Finn, under the management of Mika Hakkinen, has not caused him to worry about his future in the sport. “I just keep focused on the current race and then the next one and the next one,” he said.”It’s not the easiest first season, the car is quite tricky and we are trying to improve, so it’s definitely a big challenge for me – but I like challenges.”

Williams have not scored a single point in any of the first six races of the season in stark contrast to last year in which the team had racked up 44 points at the same stage.