Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas set the pace in opening practice for the Russian GP which was disrupted by a crash for Nicholas Latifi, while F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton was only 19th. read more »

Valtteri Bottas tops the timesheets in an opening session at Sochi which sees crashes for Carlos Sainz and Nicholas Latifi. read more »

Valtteri Bottas topped a disrupted opening practice session at Formula 1's 2020 Russian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton ending up 19th after his run on the softest tyres... read more »

Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheets ahead of surprise closest rival Daniel Ricciardo in a crash-heavy Russian GP first practice, while Lewis Hamilton finished down in 19th on... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas opened the Russian Grand Prix weekend atop the standings in a session in which team-mate Lewis Hamilton struggled. Bottas, who claimed his maiden... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas is fastest in an incident-packed first practice session at the Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas destroyed the competition in FP1 for the Russian GP as Carlos Sainz lost a wing and Nicholas Latifi brought out the red flags. read more »

Carlos Sainz and Nicholas Latifi were both involved in first practice crashes ahead of this weekend's Russian Grand Prix at the Sochi Autodrom. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says that it's only a matter before things "click" and he returns to getting poles and winning races again. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes it's a "matter of time" before he returns to winning ways in Formula 1 after missing out on yet another race win last time out at Mugello. read more »

Mercedes have paid tribute to the physical condition of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas after the "punishing toll" the Tuscan Grand Prix took on their bodies. read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has revealed that Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas suffered during the Tuscan Grand Prix due to loads at Mugello being amongst... read more »

Mercedes has explained why it turned down Valtteri Bottas' request that he be put on a different tyre strategy to his teammate at Mugello. read more »

Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin has revealed that Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas were forced to exercise extreme caution en route to their latest one-two finish... read more »

Mercedes has revealed a tyre problem reminiscent of those faced at Silverstone prevented Valtteri Bottas going on to a different strategy at Mugello. read more »

Valtteri Bottas left Mugello on Sunday night staring at a 55-point chasm to Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton who had again stolen the show with his victory in the Tuscan Grand... read more »

W Series racer Alice Powell believes the crash at the Safety Car restart of the Tuscan Grand Prix was "poor from all involved" - but not leader Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Recently, we did an Ask Me Anything on r/Formula1 with Valtteri - a huge thank you to Reddit for the many, many questions that were submitted!  read more »

F1 chief Ross Brawn believes Valtteri Bottas is now facing a "mental battle" in his 2020 title fight against Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is now facing a "mental battle" in his fight with Lewis Hamilton, according to Formula 1 chief Ross Brawn, following the outcome of the Tuscan Grand... read more »

FIA race director Michael Masi has declared as "offensive" comments from Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas that safety is being compromised for the sake of... read more »

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn fears that failing to win the Tuscan GP will have a big psychological effect on Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Ex-F1 driver turned pundit Martin Brundle believes Valtteri Bottas can't be blamed for the multi-car crash at the Tuscan Grand Prix. read more »

Ross Brawn believes Valtteri Bottas will be hurting following his latest defeat to a "relentless" Lewis Hamilton in the Tuscan Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has been told he "talks a good game" but "ultimately you never see fight from him in the race" following the Tuscan Grand Prix. read more »