Valtteri Bottas news

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has criticised the three-place grid penalty handed to Valtteri Bottas for the Styrian Grand Prix as "pretty harsh". read more »

Both Mercedes drivers ended the opening day of the Styrian Grand Prix having made mistakes, but with very different consequences. Lewis Hamilton would've ended the day... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has set his sights on closing the gap to Max Verstappen this weekend, the world champion would've ended the day fastest had his lap not been deleted for... read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has been hit with a three-place grid drop for Sunday's Styrian Grand Prix, after he span his car in the pit lane during the closing minutes... read more »

After an embarrassing looking spin in practice on Friday afternoon, Valtteri Bottas will now take a three-place grid penalty for the Styrian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has been given a three-place grid penalty for Formula 1's Styrian Grand Prix for his pitlane spin during second practice. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has been given a three-place grid penalty after spinning in the pit lane in FP2 at the Styrian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has received a three-place grid penalty at the Austrian Grand Prix after spinning in the pit lane following a routine tyre change during second practice. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has been handed a three-place grid penalty for Sunday's Styrian GP for his spin in the pit lane during Friday practice. read more »

Bottas spun his Mercedes W12 car while pulling away from the pit box, causing him to come to a stop in the fast lane.He avoided hitting the McLaren mechanics standing outside... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has been handed a three-place grid penalty for dangerous driving after spinning in the pit lane during practice in Austria. Bottas spun as he left... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has been handed a three-place grid penalty by the stewards for what has been deemed as 'dangerous driving in the pit lane' during practice for the... read more »

Bottas spun his car while pulling out of the Mercedes pit box with 20 minutes remaining in the session, ending up in the middle of the fast lane and pointing towards the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas moved to play down his relative lack of performance, and a peculiar pit lane spin, during second practice for the Styrian Grand Prix. Bottas finished the second... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has conceded to "trying something different" when he spun out of his pit box during second practice for the Styrian Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren were far from pleased after Valtteri Bottas spun in the pit lane in Austria and narrowly avoided one of their personnel. read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen topped his second practice session in a row at the Styrian GP but Lewis Hamilton also showed Mercedes' speed by setting a quicker time... read more »

Max Verstappen ended second practice for Formula 1's Styrian Grand Prix with the fastest time as he completed a Friday practice double in Austria. read more »

Having been fastest in first practice at the Styrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen topped the timesheets again at the Red Bull Ring in FP2. read more »

Max Verstappen doubled up in Friday practice as F1 title rival Lewis Hamilton fell foul of track limits ahead of the Styrian Grand Prix while Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Mercedes have accepted that they should listen to him better after the drama of the French Grand Prix. read more »

Verstappen ended up 0.256s clear of Gasly and 0.422s ahead of his title rival, but all three might have been beaten by Valtteri Bottas had the Finn not run too wide through the... read more »

Toto Wolff has not ruled out Valtteri Bottas being "sacrificed" in the Drivers' World Championship fight - but not until much later in the season. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is confident Mercedes will listen to him in future after the team ignored his pleas in France that sparked a four-letter radio rant. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says that he doesn't see the need for Mercedes to drop Valtteri Bottas at the end of the current season. read more »