Valtteri Bottas news

Jolyon Palmer thinks Mercedes still have plenty of questions to answer despite Valtteri Bottas' improvement through the second afternoon of pre-season testing.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas has claimed the Mercedes W12 possesses "a snappy and unforgiving" rear end he believes needs calming down ahead of the season-opening Formula 1 grand... read more »

Following yesterday's setback for Mercedes, the second day of the pre-season testing saw the world champion team get back to the top with Valtteri Bottas dominating the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the best time on the second day of testing in Bahrain, with now only one day of testing remaining before the start of the season. read more »

Formula 1 pre-season testing continued in Bahrain as Mercedes and Valtteri Bottas made up for lost time by returning to the top of the timesheet. read more »

While Valtteri Bottas tops the timesheets on the second day of testing, the truth is that, unlike McLaren and Red Bull, Mercedes has yet to impress. read more »

Valtteri Bottas was fastest as Mercedes made progress on the second day of pre-season testing despite a spin by Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the pace on the second day of F1 Testing as Mercedes rebounded from their slow start in Bahrain, edging AlphaTauri, Aston Martin and McLaren in a... read more »

Following their reliability issues on the opening day, Mercedes returned to the top of the timesheets with Valtteri Bottas setting the best lap tim with a 1m30.289, followed by... read more »

Valtteri Bottas completed just six laps during Friday's opening day of testing in Bahrain following a gearbox issue on his new Mercedes. read more »

The afternoon gsession ot off to a slow start in Sakhir, with most teams initially opting for longer runs.Alfa Romeo's Antonio Giovinazzi was the first driver to improve... read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the pace as Mercedes hit the top of the timesheets for the first time on the second day of F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain. read more »

Valtteri Bottas put Mercedes on top of the timesheets on the second day of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain, with six teams covered by six-tenths of a second. The benchmark changed... read more »

An off for Lewis Hamilton proved to be a minor blot in Mercedes' copybook as they recovered valuable miles on day two of pre-season testing. read more »

Valtteri Bottas finally offered a glimpse of form for Mercedes on a pre-season test day in which team-mate Lewis Hamilton beached his car in the gravel and Sergio Perez lost... read more »

Mercedes gave its W12 car a first on-track run on Friday at the Bahrain International Circuit, but slumped to the bottom of the mileage chart after a challenging day.Valtteri... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes will review its decision not to shakedown its new 2021 Formula 1 car after reliability issues curtailed its running on the opening day of... read more »

Bottas was handed the first run-out in Mercedes' new W12 car on Friday morning, but was limited to just six laps through the early session after a gearshift issue forced... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Mercedes will be left regretting its decision not to conduct a shakedown of its W12 before pre-season testing. read more »

Toto Wolff is confident Mercedes can recover from its disastrous start to pre-season testing that saw Valtteri Bottas confined to the garage for the entire opening session. read more »

As pre-season testing finally gets underway, gearshift problem for Mercedes leaves Valtteri Bottas with just 6 laps to his credit. read more »

It was not the ideal start to testing for reigning World Champions Mercedes after losing some precious track time during the first session of pre-season. After an early... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was due to rack up the laps in the Mercedes W12 on Friday morning at the Bahrain International Circuit, completing the early session before handing over to... read more »

FOLLOW CRASH.NET'S LIVE COVERAGE OF THE FIRST DAY OF FORMULA 1 PRE-SEASON TESTING IN BAHRAIN. read more »

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