Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas "doesn't stand a chance" up against Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, according to Gerhard Berger. read more »

With F1's rumour mill still speculating about Lewis Hamilton's contract situation, Valtteri Bottas says he does "not care" if the Brit signs a new deal. read more »

Valtteri Bottas does not get bogged down by criticism, but instead finds motivation from said critics to do better in Formula 1. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas says armchair critics who feel he should be doing better against Lewis Hamilton only serve to motivate him rather than get him down read more »

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner is confident the more experienced Sergio Perez can push Max Verstappen harder than Alexander Albon was able to last season, which he hopes... read more »

In the latest F1 gossip column, Jordan on how he would handle Hamilton's contract negotiations, Baku hopes to welcome fans on return to calendar, and Bottas records... read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas claimed sixth place in the overall results during his latest foray into rallying in his native Finland. Bottas uses rally driving to... read more »

Mercedes F1 Team's nine-time F1 race winner Valtteri Bottas finished the Tunturi Rally in sixth position which has been his third Arctic Rally finish in a row. read more »

Valtteri Bottas completed an "amazing week" by finishing sixth in the Arctic Lapland Rally - his third straight top-10 result in that event. read more »

Valtteri Bottas was on course to improve upon last year's result after day one of the Arctic Lapland Rally, sitting eighth in the overall standings. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he is not a Nico Rosberg, and prefers to do his talking on track as opposed to playing mind games with his teammate. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has taken a swipe at the driver he replaced at Mercedes, claiming he “prefers to do the talking on track” by “racing fair”, rather than resorting to mind games... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has said he does not want to get involved in playing mind games like Nico Rosberg did with Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas says he has no interest in playing any mind games with team-mate Lewis Hamilton like his predecessor Nico Rosberg did read more »

Lewis Hamilton has said "it's not easy being my team-mate" in launching another defence of his Mercedes colleague Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Toto Wolff believes Mercedes must avoid knee-jerk reactions to driver performances after Valtteri Bottas' roller-coaster season in 2020. read more »

Toto Wolff has praised Valtteri Bottas's mentality, and specifically his ability to handle being on the end of "insane" bad luck in 2020. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes his race pace was the area he improved on the most throughout the 2020 F1 season. read more »

Red Bull driver programme boss Helmut Marko said Valtteri Bottas was too "crap" at the Sakhir GP to make a true comparison to George Russell. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has claimed his failure to meet his targets over the past year has provided him with the chance to take "lessons learned" into a title... read more »

Lewis Hamilton does not think Valtteri Bottas has to defend his results in the 2020 season - or that he needs to stick up for his Mercedes team-mate. read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes there is no need for Valtteri Bottas to defend his Formula 1 performances through 2020, praising a "big showing" of his personality and... read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes he saw enough in Valtteri Bottas at the end of the past season to suggest the "fighter" within will return in 2021. read more »

Despite his stronger record on Saturdays, Valtteri Bottas thinks that his race pace was actually his biggest improvement in 2020. read more »

Motorsport Monday presents its top ten Formula 1 drivers of the 2020 season - not an easy task when 13 drivers stood atop the podium, five of which recorded race wins - two of... read more »