Valtteri Bottas news

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas was fastest from Red Bull's Max Verstappen in first practice at the Tuscan Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas emerged quickest for the fifth consecutive first practice session as Formula 1 made its maiden official visit to Mugello. read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits he must make significant improvements in order to keep his hopes of winning the 2020 Championship alive. The Finn currently sits 47 points behind... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he missed a good opportunity to take a chunk out of Lewis Hamilton's title lead at the Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Toto Wolff was happy Mercedes were able to extend their points advantage over Red Bull at Monza despite neither Lewis Hamilton nor Valtteri Bottas finishing on the podium. read more »

Valtteri Bottas sees no consolation in slightly closing the Formula 1 points gap to Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix, as he viewed the weekend as a lost opportunity read more »

Daniel Ricciardo admitted that he was "surprised" by how badly Valtteri Bottas struggled for pace at the Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff acknowledged the FIA's ban on engine mode changes hindered both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas' fightback drives at the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he felt he had sustained a tyre puncture on the opening lap of Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix, as he tumbled down the order. Bottas started from the... read more »

Renault's Daniel Ricciardo says he was surprised by how much Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas struggled for pace during Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix, having battled... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has always had the upper hand on Valtteri Bottas, but the Italian Grand Prix showed just how far ahead he is of his team-mate. read more »

Following another fluffed start, Valtteri Bottas talks of a "disturbance" during the procedure which is compromising his races from the outset. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted he is struggling with "some disturbance" in his Formula 1 race start procedure, which is contributing to his poor getaways read more »

Valtteri Bottas admitted he was close to jumping the start for a second time in 2020 at the Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has revealed he was close to jumping the start of Italian Formula 1 Grand Prix as he made yet another slow getaway on the opening lap. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff says he went and spoke to Red Bull’s Christian Horner following comments by the Briton that Mercedes is “obviously” favouring Lewis... read more »

Max Verstappen doubts he can beat Valtteri Bottas to second place in the Formula 1 drivers' championship, anticipating a big points loss in the title race at Monza read more »

Valtteri Bottas doubts Red Bull will be pleased with the outcome of F1's engine 'party' modes as he took a swipe at Mercedes' rival. read more »

Toto Wolff has countered comments from Christian Horner that Mercedes is favouring Lewis Hamilton over Valtteri Bottas this year to ensure the Briton wins his record-equalling... read more »

Out-qualifying Max Verstappen by almost a second, Valtteri Bottas took the opportunity to rub salt in Red Bull's wounds. read more »

The qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix did not deliver any surprises or excitement as Mercedes AMG Petronas drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas smashed their... read more »

Today's post-qualifying press conference with Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz. read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the Italian Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas and McLaren's Carlos Sainz Jr. Here's how and when you can... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has explained why he opted not to run in Mercedes F1 teammate Lewis Hamilton's slipstream during Italian GP qualifying. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas both joked about the 'party mode' ban as Mercedes continued to dominate on pace without it in qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix. read more »