Valtteri Bottas news

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will start on the front row for just the second time this season at Sunday's French GP, with Sebastian Vettel third. read more »

Valtteri Bottas admitted to not being able to quite get it right around Paul Ricard, saying he was "struggling to get perfect laps". read more »

Lewis Hamilton took pole for the French Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon. He, along with Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel, spoke to the media after the session. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has conceded he struggled to match Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton for outright pace having missed vital practice work over the French GP read more »

Lewis Hamilton racks up the 75th pole position of his Formula 1 career after edging out Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas with his last lap in qualifying for the French Grand... read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole for tomorrow's French Grand Prix, ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Mercedes upgrade aids Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas as they lock-out front row at Paul Ricard. read more »

Lewis Hamilton beat Valtteri Bottas by 0.118 seconds to lead a Mercedes one-two in qualifying for the French Grand Prix on Formula 1's return to Paul Ricard read more »

Lewis Hamilton wins a battle with Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas for pole position at the first French Grand Prix for 10 years. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has secure pole position for the French Grand Prix, narrowly topping his team mate Valtteri Bottas. As both Mercedes topped the times, Sebastian Vettel was the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas finishes P1 in final practice for the French Grand Prix as heavy rain 10 minutes into the session curtails running ahead of qualifying later today. read more »

Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheet at the end of FP3, thanks to a reasonable quick installation lap early on in the session. As rain arrived 10 minutes later, no one was able... read more »

Mercedes Formula driver 1 Valtteri Bottas set the pace in final practice for the French Grand Prix, which was mostly devoid of action after unexpected rain read more »

Valtteri Bottas posted the fastest time in a heavily-compromised final practice session at the French GP as a torrential downpour wreaked havoc at Paul Ricard. read more »

Heavy rain hits final French GP practice session, Valtteri Bottas quickest read more »

Barely more than five minutes of dry track action were possible in FP3 after heavy rain hit the Circuit Paul Ricard ahead of qualifying. read more »

Valtteri Bottas saw his Friday cut short by a water leak in FP2, but believes that the issue will not threaten his usage of Mercedes' new engine. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is confident he will be able to use his upgraded Mercedes F1 engine for the entire French GP weekend despite a water leak in FP2.  read more »

Lewis Hamilton ended the first day of the French GP weekend on top with a 1m33.243s, 0.703s faster then Daniel Ricciardo in second and Verstappen in third. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has said the new Mercedes engine feels "fresh and good" and is yet to be run at full power yet. read more »

Lewis Hamilton pulls out a 0.7 second gap over the field during second practice for the French Grand Prix as Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Valtteri Bottas hits trouble. read more »

Lewis Hamilton continues to set the pace in second practice while teammate Valtteri Bottas is sidelined by water leak. read more »

Formula One has made its grand return to France, with Paul Ricard hosting the first French Grand Prix in years this Sunday. In preparation for this, the first practice was run... read more »

The Mercedes AMG pairing of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas lead the way in the first practice session of the French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard circuit. read more »

Running a new engine, although Mercedes won't say if it is the new spec, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas claimed the 1-2 as F1 made a fiery return to France. read more »