Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas has escaped a second successive three-place grid penalty after the Mercedes driver and Carlos Sainz were cleared of "driving unnecessarily slowly"... read more »

Red Bull Ring stewards deem that no further action is required after they investigated Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz for allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly. read more »

Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel has been hit with a three-place grid penalty for Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix for blocking Fernando Alonso during qualifying. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has blamed the cars ahead of him for slowing unnecessarily during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix, which forced him to do the same. The Aston Martin... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has been summoned to the Formula 1 stewards for allegedly backing up too much during the closing stages of Q2 in Formula 1 qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. read more »

The Finn was part of a train of cars ahead of the last runs in Q2 that all slowed up on their out laps at Turn 9 in a bid to create gaps to the cars ahead.Bottas going slowly... read more »

Norris will share the front row with Verstappen for Sunday's second 2021 race at the Red Bull Ring, after they topped qualifying, with the Red Bull driver claiming pole.In... read more »

Valtteri Bottas faces the prospect of serving back-to-back penalties as the Mercedes driver is under investigation following qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is to keep George Russell and Valtteri Bottas waiting as to who will partner Lewis Hamilton for the next two F1 seasons. read more »

Championship leader Max Verstappen hit back in the third and final practice for the Austrian Grand Prix, topping the session with a time of 1m04.523s. The Mercedes duo of... read more »

Max Verstappen was in dominant form in FP3 for the Austrian Grand Prix, going 0.538s faster than Valtteri Bottas in P2 as he showed his hand ahead of qualifying. read more »

Lewis Hamilton took top spot in the second practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull's Max Verstappen. read more »

Aiming to bounce back after Max Verstappen dominated last weekend's Styrian GP at the Red Bull Ring, both Mercedes drivers demonstrated eye-catching practice pace in FP2... read more »

Toto Wolff has promised Mercedes is "fired up" for a world championship battle and was "optimistic" after seeing Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas topping... read more »

Lewis Hamilton ended up fastest in the afternoon session for the Austrian Grand Prix, edging his team mate Valtteri Bottas. Championship leader Max Verstappen led the early... read more »

Mercedes fight back begins as Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas edge out Max Verstappen in second practice session. read more »

Mercedes hit back in second practice ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas combining for a 1-2 finish read more »

Pierre Gasly is surprised Charles Leclerc wasn't given a penalty at the Styrian Grand Prix, especially given that Valtteri Bottas was. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Pirelli's new Formula 1 rear tyre construction will reset what teams have learned in the opening eight races of 2021. read more »

Mercedes said that if they had have put Valtteri Bottas onto a two-stop strategy in Styria, he would have certainly finished P4. read more »

How can Mercedes fight back against Red Bull's latest streak of dominance? At the Styrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen claimed Red Bull's fourth win in a row, whilst... read more »

Mercedes technical director James Allison has said Valtteri Bottas is "worthy of his place" alongside Lewis Hamilton at the Silver Arrows. read more »

Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer analyses Valtteri Bottas’ pit lane spin during second practice at the Styrian Grand Prix, which saw him handed a three-place grid penalty.... read more »

Martin Brundle believes that Valtteri Bottas was "unlucky" to be given a three-place grid drop for his spin in the pit lane in Styria - but added that it's... read more »

Michael Masi has insisted the Styrian Grand Prix stewards did not need McLaren's complaint to activate an investigation into Valtteri Bottas' pit-lane spin. read more »