Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas briefly thought he would get his first practice P1 at the Sakhir circuit in final practice only for Max Verstappen to pip him. read more »

Mercedes claims it is not treating this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix as a shootout between George Russell and Valtteri Bottas for a 2022 Formula 1 seat read more »

Your initial reaction to the start of the Sakhir Grand Prix weekend has been flooding in, with much of the focus inevitably on Bottas v Russell. read more »

Toto Wolff has dismissed talk of George Russell and Valtteri Bottas being in a shoot-out for the second Mercedes seat. read more »

Valterri Bottas was left ruing a mistake in free practice one that damaged his Mercedes car and left him on the back foot after a tricky Friday ahead of this weekend's... read more »

Beaten by temporary team-mate George Russell in FP1 and FP2, Bottas admits that it wasn't a good day for him in Bahrain. read more »

George Russell believes the lap times after Friday in Bahrain are "deceiving", suggesting he is one and a half tenths slower than Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas... read more »

Valtteri Bottas described his Sakhir Grand Prix Friday as "tricky" after he trailed new Mercedes team-mate George Russell through both practice sessions. Russell... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has quashed talk that George Russell and Valtteri Bottas are in a "shoot-out" for a 2022 seat. read more »

George Russell tops timesheets again as teammate Valtteri Bottas' day goes from bad to worse and Red Bull show strong race pace. read more »

George Russell topped FP2 for Formula 1's Sakhir Grand Prix, while his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas had a succession of flying lap efforts deleted for track limits abuse read more »

Mercedes F1 substitute George Russell stays on top of the timesheets in Bahrain as Valtteri Bottas struggles to P11. read more »

George Russell revelled in a dream practice debut with Mercedes to leave new team-mate Valtteri Bottas floundering around Bahrain's high-speed outer circuit. read more »

Lewis Hamilton's stand-in George Russell is not in a straight shootout for a 2022 seat with Valtteri Bottas at the Sakhir Grand Prix, according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists that George Russell and Valtteri Bottas are not in a "shoot-out" over a seat with the team for the 2022 F1 season. read more »

George Russell tops the timesheets in FP1, ahead of Max Verstappen, Alex Albon and a seemingly struggling Valtteri Bottas. read more »

George Russell proved he is not at Mercedes to make up the numbers this weekend as he set the pace in first practice for the Sakhir Grand Prix in the absence of Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Teaming up with George Russell for the Sakhir GP, Valtteri Bottas has rubbished any suggestion of this weekend's event being a "showdown" between the two. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has conceded it would "not look good" for his career if Lewis Hamilton's replacement George Russell beats him in Bahrain this... read more »

While insisting that he doesn't feel any undue pressure, Valtteri Bottas admits that it would not look good if he is beaten by George Russell this weekend. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has dismissed suggestions that the result of this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix will determine who drives for Mercedes in 2022. read more »

With ambitions to deny Valtteri Bottas second place in the Drivers' Championship, Max Verstappen says it is important Red Bull maximise their potential across the final... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted it will not look good if he gets beaten by Mercedes' substitute driver George Russell at this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas acknowledges that if George Russell beats him on his Mercedes debut as Lewis Hamilton's replacement for Formula 1's Sakhir Grand Prix "it... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has expressed the "great motivation" he has been given from having George Russell as his team-mate for the Sakhir Grand Prix. read more »