Valtteri Bottas news

Ferrari and Red Bull made sound business moves locking Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen into long-term contracts, says Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Valtteri Bottas may be the perfect team-mate for Lewis Hamilton as tensions at Mercedes are at all-time low but that doesn't mean he's doesn't race the Brit hard. read more »

Esteban Ocon says that he was "very close" to signing a deal with Mercedes which would have seen him replace Valtteri Bottas as partner to Lewis Hamilton for 2020. read more »

Ocon reckons he was close to replacing Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes for 2020, with talks continuing until the very last moment. read more »

Esteban Ocon has revealed he was "very close" to replacing Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes for the 2020 F1 season. read more »

New Renault driver Esteban Ocon talks to ESPN about his year on the sidelines, how close he came to taking Valtteri Bottas' drive at Mercedes this year and how he thinks... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas recovered well from a shaky start to finish ninth in his second Arctic Lapland Rally. read more »

Valtteri Bottas fights back after a poor start at Arctic Lapland Rally to take ninth place. read more »

Valtteri Bottas ninth at Arctic Lapland Rally read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes there is one final step that he needs to make to be able to regularly overcome Lewis Hamilton in races and put in a legitimate championship challenge -... read more »

Valtteri Bottas is desperate to bounce back and challenge for the title in 2020, saying he would struggle to accept the idea that he can't beat Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits to being rattled by Valtteri Bottas 2.0 at the start of 2019 - his Mercedes teammate having won the season opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

2019 WRC2 Pro champion Kalle Rovanpera and Formula 1 star Valtteri Bottas are headlining the entry list for the 2020 edition of freezing cold Arctic Lapland Rally in Northern... read more »

Valtteri Bottas reckons the "final step" he needs to beat his Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton is improving the consistency of his performances read more »

Lewis Hamilton has admitted that, at the start of the season, he found it difficult to deal with pressure from a resurgent Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he felt pressure going up against a revitalised 'Valtteri Bottas 2.0' at the start of the 2019 season read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits Lewis Hamilton's shot at F1 history gives the team extra motivation for the 2020 season, but insists they will continue to treat the... read more »

The 2020 season will see Valtteri Bottas fighting for a new Mercedes deal once again, but he wants to make the decision a "no-brainer" for the team. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas says he wants to make it a "no-brainer"decision for the team to retain him past the 2020 season read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits that they selected Valtteri Bottas ahead of Esteban Ocon for the 2020 Formula 1 campaign as they viewed putting the Frenchman alongside Lewis... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says that, if Mercedes want to retain his services for the 2021 season, then it would be a "no brainer" decision to remain with the Silver Arrows. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says the strength of his bond with Lewis Hamilton was proven in the background changes made at Mercedes in 2019. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Valtteri Bottas will have had access to many of his racing secrets in 2019, with a member of Hamilton's engineering team having switched sides in the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says that he had to find a "new ace" to keep his performance advantage in 2019 after losing his engineer to team-mate Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he was given a "great opportunity" in 2019 to work with one of Lewis Hamilton's ex-engineers and learn more about the six-time Formula 1... read more »