Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas fears Red Bull still has pace in hand over Mercedes despite the Finn topping both Friday practice sessions at Imola. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he's encouraged by the improvements Mercedes has made since the F1 season-opener in Bahrain but remains wary of Red Bull despite it having a troubled... read more »

Bottas topped both Friday practice sessions at Imola for Mercedes ahead of his team-mate Hamilton, as main Formula 1 world titles Red Bull struggled at the Italian circuit.In... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes AlphaTauri is "looking incredibly fast" after the squad emerged as Mercedes' primary rival during Friday practice at Imola. Mercedes led... read more »

Max Verstappen conceded that he is playing catch-up at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after a driveshaft issue truncated his running on Friday. Verstappen finished third, within... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas spent much of pre-season testing and the opening race weekend in Bahrain battling to get to grips with the new Mercedes W12, which struggled... read more »

After topping the opening practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas continued to dictate the pace in FP2, beating his team mate Lewis... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes' W12 is "definitely feeling better" at Imola compared to how it performed at Formula 1's opening event in Bahrain. Mercedes... read more »

Mercedes lead the way at the end of the first day at Imola as a Charles Leclerc crash brings the second session to an end. read more »

Mercedes F1 driver Valtteri Bottas once again set the pace in second practice for the Emilia Romagna GP as Max Verstappen stopped on track and Charles Leclerc crashed. read more »

Valtteri Bottas edges out teammate Lewis Hamilton by 0.010s and Pierre Gasly by 0.078s, as technical issue sidelines Max Verstappen. read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen hit technical problems and missed the majority of second practice at Imola as Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two on the... read more »

The second one-hour session of Friday day at Imola featured a number of unusual developments, as the Mercedes drivers did not find major gains using the soft tyres on their... read more »

Valtteri Bottas again headed a Mercedes 1-2 as Max Verstappen's preparations for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix were dealt a blow during second practice. Bottas set the... read more »

Friday finished how it started for Mercedes with Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton combining for another 1-2 in FP2 ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. read more »

In the first practice session back at the historic Imola circuit, Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheets ahead of Lewis Hamilton amidst a number of incidents. read more »

Sunny skies greeted the Formula One circus at Imola as teams and drivers started their on-track preparations for this weekend's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Mercedes driver... read more »

Valtteri Bottas headed a Mercedes 1-2 in opening practice for F1's Emilia Romagna GP, while a collision between Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon brought out the red flags.  read more »

Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Alpine's Esteban Ocon collide as Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas is quickest in first practice at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas landed the first blow for Mercedes on F1 2021's second weekend by topping the timesheets in Emilia-Romagna GP first practice, which included a collision... read more »

Valtteri Bottas fronted a Mercedes 1-2 during an eventful first practice session for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. Bottas set a time of 1:16.564s to... read more »

Lewis Hamilton finished second with Max Verstappen third for Red Bull - the top three covered by just 0.058s. In bright conditions at Imola, the majority of the pack headed out... read more »

Mercedes duo Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton set the pace in opening practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix that was cut short by a collision involving Sergio Perez and... read more »

Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon got their Imola incidents off to an early start, the two both bringing out the red flags after colliding. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he is excited and motivated by the turn around in fortune which sees Mercedes the hunter as opposed to the hunted. read more »