Valtteri Bottas news

A report in the UK press earlier this week claimed that Bottas may not see out the season at Mercedes after a sluggish start to the year that has seen him fall 37 points behind... read more »

While insisting that only a bout of the flu will keep Valtteri Bottas out of his Mercedes seat this season, Toto Wolff follows the Finn's example and takes a swipe at Red... read more »

Jenson Button and Martin Brundle both feel Mercedes need to "move on" from Valtteri Bottas, with the latter saying he is a "1.5 driver". read more »

The opening day of Round 4 of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Spanish Grand Prix saw Mercedes control the action with Valtteri Bottas topping the first session... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has ruled out any prospect of dropping Valtteri Bottas during the course of the current 2021 Formula 1 season. read more »

The reigning F1 world champion battled back after Bottas topped FP1 to set the fastest time of the day in the afternoon session, with Hamilton posting a 1m18.170s during a soft... read more »

Mercedes' Toto Wolff has once again ruled out dropping Valtteri Bottas mid-way through the 2021 Formula 1 season. read more »

Friday belonged to Mercedes as Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton took it in turns to top the timing sheets at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. read more »

Mercedes flexed its muscles in the afternoon session for the Spanish Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton edging his team mate Valtteri Bottas. Red Bull's duo of Max Verstappen... read more »

Lewis Hamilton displaced Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas at the top of the timesheets in second practice for the 2021 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, as Red Bull slipped back. read more »

Top 16 are covered by just 1.043s in FP2, as Lewis Hamilton edges out teammate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull leaves us wondering is it struggling or sandbagging. read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Practice Two for the Spanish GP ahead of Valtteri Bottas, with Max Verstappen only ninth for Red Bull as Charles Leclerc and the midfield instead... read more »

In conditions that were hotter and windier than Friday's earlier FP1 session, the second 60-minute practice running was initially led by Alfa Romeo's Antonio... read more »

Lewis Hamilton finished top of the second practice session at Barcelona, 0.139s ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 0.165s faster than a fantastic lap from Charles Leclerc. read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas set the pace in opening practice for the 2021 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, 0.033s clear of Red Bull's Max Verstappen. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas went fastest to edge Red Bull's Max Verstappen in the first practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix. Reigning world champion Lewis... read more »

Valtteri Bottas heads Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton in a tight first practice session at the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are covered by just 0.123s, as Ferrari pair shun softs for mediums at Barcelona. read more »

Under clear skies and in warm temperatures, Robert Kubica, running place of Kimi Raikkonen at Alfa Romeo for FP1, set the initial P1 benchmark at 1m27.006s on the hard tyres.... read more »

Valtteri Bottas outpaced Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton amid a competitive start to the Spanish GP weekend at Barcelona. read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the quickest time during a closely-contested opening practice session for Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has... read more »

Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheet in FP1 in Spain as Nikita Mazepin once again irked a rival and Robert Kubica brought out the red flags. read more »

Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton defended Valtteri Bottas as an 'amazing team mate' on Thursday after the Finn faced questions about his future... read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has branded talk of swapping Valtteri Bottas for George Russell mid-season as "nonsense". read more »

Round 4 of the 2021 F1 season sees the teams and drivers head to Barcelona for the 2021 F1 Spanish Grand Prix. Can Lewis Hamilton make it 5 wins in a row in Spain? Or will Max... read more »