Valtteri Bottas admits Mercedes was unable to match Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly's marathon opening stint on the hypersoft tyres at Monaco, where it struggled with... read more »
Valtteri Bottas news
Valtteri Bottas
Team | Mercedes |
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Country | Finland |
Podiums | 45 |
Points | 1277 |
Grands Prix entered | 139 |
World Championships | N/A |
Highest race finish | 1 (x7) |
Highest grid position | 1 |
Date of birth | 28/08/1989 |
Place of birth | Nastola, Finland |
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Valtteri Bottas feels his superior pace to Kimi Raikkonen was restrained stuck behind the Ferrari driver due to the limited overtaking opportunities at Monaco read more »
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Bottas could do no better than fifth in a quiet Monaco weekend for Mercedes. read more »
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Kimi Raikkonen joined the growing list of drivers calling Monaco "boring" and said he was "never worried" about Valtteri Bottas overtaking him. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas will start from fifth on the grid for tomorrow's Monaco Grand Prix after struggling with grip in Qualifying. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has said that Red Bull are "out of reach" in Monaco after Daniel Ricciardo trounced the field in qualifying. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas believes he will remain with Mercedes next season as he has been "meeting those targets" set by himself and the team. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas thinks he's doing enough in Formula One to extend his stay with reigning champions Mercedes. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas feels Mercedes can fight for pole position in Monaco despite bracing for "the most challenging qualifying we'll face so far this year" read more »
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The Mercedes driver failed to break the top five in either of Thursday's Free Practice sessions, but remains hopeful for an improvement on Saturday and Sunday. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas will compete this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix wearing a Mika Hakkinen tribute F1 helmet design. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas pays tribute to Mika Hakkinen with one-off helmet design read more »
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Valtteri Bottas will compete in this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix with a crash helmet bearing Mika Hakkinen's old Formula 1 design read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is confident Mercedes has found solutions to avoid a repeat performance of its 2017 struggles in Monaco this weekend. read more »
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The Finn believes he is no longer experiencing races where he is vastly off team-mate Hamilton's pace read more »
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Toto Wolff knows Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas need to find a good rythem if they want a strong result in Monaco read more »
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Results might not have gone Valtteri Bottas' way so far in 2018, but the Finn believes he is performing at a far higher level than he was last season. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas believes he has eliminated the disappointing weekends that spoiled his first season with the Mercedes Formula 1 team in 2017 read more »
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Valtteri Bottas believes he has been "more or less" hitting his targets so far this season and is happy with his pace compared to his rivals. read more »
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Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas is happy with his performances, if not his results, during a mixed start to the 2018 F1 season read more »
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Valtteri Bottas looks back on a successful in-season test for Mercedes in Barcelona and says that he cannot wait for the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas admits he hopes his next Mercedes contract is a multi-year deal, or at least runs for "the next two years." read more »
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Valtteri Bottas wants to avoid another one-year deal with Mercedes and firm up his Formula 1 future for "at least" the next two seasons read more »
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Valtteri Bottas' chances of finishing Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix in second place or suffering a tyre blow out were "extremely marginal" according to Mercedes. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas tops the timesheets at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as first in-season test concludes. read more »