Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas says he has had no talks with Mercedes over extending his contract, despite an excellent start to the 2019 season. Although Bottas' deal only runs to the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton's former Mercedes rival Nico Rosberg says the world champion will give current colleague Valtteri Bottas "no chance" at the Canadian Grand Prix.... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was second in FP1 and third in FP2 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve read more »

Powered by a brand new Mercedes power unit, Lewis Hamilton set the early pace at Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve. With team mate Bottas second fastest, it ended up another... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Ferrari will maintain its straight-line speed advantage at the Canadian Grand Prix, despite Mercedes' engine upgrade. read more »

Lewis Hamilton leads the way for Mercedes in first practice for the Canadian Grand Prix, edging teammate Valtteri Bottas by one-tenth of a second. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas led the way in Free Practice 1 for Mercedes in Canada, ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. read more »

New power unit sees Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas almost a second quicker than Ferrari and Red Bull as Canadian weekend gets underway. read more »

Lewis Hamilton led team-mate Valtteri Bottas as Mercedes made an impressive start to the Canadian GP with their upgraded engine in Practice One. read more »

Lewis Hamilton leads Valtteri Bottas as Mercedes dominate first practice at the Canadian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes looked to be in a league of their own on a dirty Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as Lewis Hamilton edged Valtteri Bottas, who had a few reliability issues late in the session. read more »

Mercedes suggested they could be the team to beat at the Canadian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas ended first free practice well clear of Ferrari. Hamilton led... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes expect Ferrari to have the upper hand in the Canadian Grand Prix, despite the Silver Arrows taking upgraded engines for the Montreal weekend.... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Ferrari still have the "upper hand" in the engine department despite Mercedes bringing their Spec-2 engine to Montreal. read more »

Despite an updated power unit coming to Canada, Valtteri Bottas still feels Ferrari will have the advantage over Mercedes in a straight-line. read more »

Mercedes' upgraded Formula 1 engine will not provide enough of a step forward in power to overturn Ferrari's top speed advantage on straights, reckons Valtteri Bottas read more »

Valtteri Bottas insists nothing has changed between himself and Lewis Hamilton despite the prospect of an intra-team F1 title fight.  read more »

Mercedes engine upgrade won't match Ferrari's top speed - Valtteri Bottas read more »

Max Verstappen says Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas should perhaps be regarded as the best performing drivers in Formula 1 so far in 2019. The Silver Arrows... read more »

Max Verstappen accepted the penalty that cost him a podium at the Monaco Grand Prix, accepting that he would be punished for an unsafe release. Verstappen dropped from second... read more »

Did Lewis Hamilton break Valtteri Bottas in Monaco? Maybe not quite, but the world champion's supreme recent form looks like that of a man ready to win a sixth title this... read more »

Mercedes have confirmed that Lewis Hamilton's pit stop ended up putting the pit crew a little out of sync for Valtteri Bottas, who ended up in the path of Max Verstappen. read more »

Mercedes strategist, James Vowles reveals the reason for the initial delay during the pit-stop that cost Valtteri Bottas second place in Monaco and the team's sixth 1-2 of... read more »

Lewis Hamilton clipping wheel gun hurt Valtteri Bottas' race read more »

Lewis Hamilton might have inadvertently cost Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas second place at the Monaco Grand Prix, by slightly compromising the team's double-stack... read more »