Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas edged his team mate Lewis Hamilton at the qualifying session for the Portuguese Grand Prix to secure his 17th career pole position. Red Bull's duo of Max... read more »

F1's top two teams opted for different tyre strategies for the final runs in Q3, with the Mercedes drivers returning to medium tyres with which they had dominated in Q2,... read more »

Valtteri Bottas made it three different polesitters in as many races this year after beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by just 0.007s during qualifying for Formula... read more »

Valtteri Bottas beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position in a bizarre qualifying session at the Portuguese Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas delivered a crucial bounce-back pole position after a tough start to his season as he outpaced championship front-runners Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has made Lewis Hamilton wait for his 100th pole position, the Finn beating his World Champion team-mate by 0.007s in Portugal. read more »

Valtteri Bottas denied Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton the 100th pole position of his F1 career by snatching top spot on the grid for the Portuguese Grand Prix by just 0.007secs. read more »

Valtteri Bottas said his issues with tyre warming at Imola were limited to the rears, and so DAS would have had little impact. read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen set two laps quick enough for top spot during final practice for Formula 1's Portuguese Grand Prix. Verstappen finished the one-hour session... read more »

Raikkonen was deemed to have broken the regulations at Imola when he failed to enter the pitlane for the race restart after the red flag period triggered by the Valtteri Bottas... read more »

Russell lost control and slid into the Finn's Mercedes when he made a move on the outside heading into the first chicane.Both cars crashed heavily, and Mercedes boss Toto... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has praised George Russell for apologising to Valtteri Bottas after their horror smash at the last grand prix in Imola but revealed he believes the young British... read more »

Nose cam! Join Valtteri Bottas for a low-down nose around the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve during second practice in Portugal. For more F1® videos, visit... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was more comfortable behind the wheel of the Mercedes W12 than Lewis Hamilton was on Friday, according to Track Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin. read more »

Hamilton and Verstappen edge out Bottas, who during the 2020 race weekend had dominated every session in Portugal. read more »

After finishing well adrift of Verstappen and FP1 pacesetter Valtteri Bottas, Hamilton's second practice session at Portimao went much more smoothly as he led Verstappen... read more »

The first day of practice belonged to Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton joined Valtteri Bottas with a Friday P1 ahead of the Portuguese Grand Prix. read more »

A number of Formula 1 drivers have joined a social media boycott against racism, initiated by the English football associations. Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Lando Norris,... read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is adamant no rules of engagement have been drawn up between Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and George Russell in the wake of the latter... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has defended George Russell after he was criticised for taking a swing at Valtteri Bottas following their Imola crash. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas ended up narrowly fastest in the first session of the 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix, beating the Imola race winner Max Verstappen. Williams driver... read more »

Valtteri Bottas tops the morning session in Portugal ahead of Max Verstappen in second. Lewis Hamilton struggled and could only fifth fastest. read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas led the way in opening practice for Formula 1's 2021 Portuguese Grand Prix, pipping Max Verstappen to the fastest time. read more »

Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes tops first practice ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen at the Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao. read more »

Valtteri Bottas finished just ahead of Max Verstappen to top the timesheets in first practice for the Portuguese GP, with Mercedes and Red Bull - true to form - neck and neck... read more »