Valtteri Bottas news

Bottas ran second through the opening stint of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, sitting five seconds behind leader Max Verstappen when he came into the pits on lap 30 to change... read more »

Toto Wolff has called for a "review of the design and material" of the Mercedes' wheel nuts after Valtteri Bottas' bizarre retirement from the Monaco Grand... read more »

Losing a podium position was bad enough, but the manner in which it was lost bordered on the farcical, and Valtteri Bottas admits it must never happen again. read more »

Mercedes say the bizarre pit-stop retirement of Valtteri Bottas at the Monaco GP was due to a damaged wheelnut on his tyre, with the Finnish driver urging his team to learn... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was left dumbfounded by the wheel nut problem that forced him into retirement from the Monaco Grand Prix and damaged his F1 title hopes. read more »

On Saturday, Norris had qualified fifth, which became fourth on the grid when Ferrari's polesitter Charles Leclerc failed to make the start.Norris chased after the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was left rueing a "big mistake" from Mercedes during his pitstop that ultimately forced him to retire from Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he struggled to comprehend what was happening during the disastrous pit stop failure that ended his Monaco Grand Prix. Bottas ran second to Max Verstappen... read more »

Valtteri Bottas' Monaco podium hopes ended in the pits, and it is a mistake which he says Mercedes must learn from. read more »

With polesitter Charles Leclerc not starting the race, after the left-side driveshaft of his Ferrari (that he crashed in qualifying) failed on his installation lap, the door... read more »

Bottas had hoped to take the fight to Red Bull's Max Verstappen in Monaco after seeing pole-sitter Charles Leclerc fail to start, promoting the Mercedes driver to second... read more »

Max Verstappen won the Monaco Grand Prix of 2021, making most of the opportunity after the pole sitter and Bottas, his closest challenger, retired from the race. Carlos Sainz... read more »

Valtteri Bottas entered the pits but did not come back out at the Monaco Grand Prix following further Mercedes issues. read more »

It wasn't the best of qualifying sessions for Mercedes at the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has made it clear he won't be helping Lewis Hamilton in Monaco, saying he will "prioritise" his own result. read more »

Charles Leclerc claimed a surprise eighth pole position of his Formula 1 career. His crash at the end of Q3 meant the likes of Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas couldn't... read more »

Today's post-qualifying press conference with Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas. read more »

F1 championship leader Hamilton slumped to his worst qualifying result in almost three years on Saturday in Monaco, finishing seventh after lapping almost three-quarters of a... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says the squad held a "very productive and tough debrief" and has vowed to learn after a troubled qualifying session in Monaco. Mercedes... read more »

Valtteri Bottas felt himself closing in on pole for the Monaco Grand Prix before Charles Leclerc got Q3 red-flagged. read more »

The world champion endured a disappointing qualifying around the streets of Monte Carlo as he ended up seventh on the grid, with team-mate Valtteri Bottas securing third... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix was there for the taking had it not been for Charles Leclerc's crash at the end of Formula 1 qualifying. read more »

Mercedes struggled to match Ferrari and Red Bull's pace through much of practice in Monaco, and failed to feature in the fight for pole position.Valtteri Bottas was able... read more »

Bottas sat third overall after the first runs in Q3, 0.255 seconds off provisional pole-sitter Charles Leclerc's lap time and as the lead Mercedes after Lewis Hamilton... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was left "gutted" after being prevented from completing a potentially pole-setting run in Monaco qualifying after Charles Leclerc crashed his Ferrari... read more »