Valtteri Bottas news

Lewis Hamilton will start the Russian Grand Prix from second on the grid after a mistake on his final quick lap in Q3 prevented him from improving his time and beating Valtteri... read more »

After qualifying on pole for the Russian Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas spoke to the media, along with Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Today's post-race press conference with Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff admits he is feeling uneasy about letting Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton race each other in Russia.  read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits he has a "tricky decision" to make ahead of the Russian Grand Prix after seeing championship leader Lewis Hamilton qualify behind... read more »

Mercedes admit they are faced with a "tricky decision" over how Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton go about racing each other in the Russian GP amid the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says his only focus is winning his first race of the season after claiming pole position for the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. read more »

A mistake in the middle sector ended Lewis Hamilton's pole hopes in Sochi as he heaps praise on teammate Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says having secured pole position for the Russian Grand Prix ahead of Lewis Hamilton he will solely focus on a first F1 race win of the season read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas's pole position means it will now be "difficult" to impose team orders in the Russian Grand Prix read more »

The Finn shaded his teammate Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated qualifying in Sochi. For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook:... read more »

At the track where he scored his first F1 win last year, Valtteri Bottas takes his sixth pole position, heading up a Mercedes front row lock-out. read more »

n a qualifying session reminiscent of Formula One circa 2014-2016, Ferrari had no answer for Mercedes over a single lap. Nate Saunders analyses the main talking points from the... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said Valtteri Bottas' pole will do his confidence good, but would not entirely rule out team orders coming into effect. read more »

2017 Russian Grand Prix winner Valtteri Bottas pulls out all the stops to snatch Sochi pole from his Mercedes teammate. read more »

Valtteri Bottas will start from pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton, leading a Mercedes front row for Sunday's Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas on pole in Russian Grand Prix 1-2 for Mercedes read more »

Valtteri Bottas claimed his first Formula 1 pole position in almost three months in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix, leading a Mercedes lockout of the front row read more »

Valtteri Bottas is Mercedes' surprise pole-sitter at the Russian GP after he outpaced championship-leading team-mate Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas takes pole position for Sunday's Russian GP, with Hamilton second. read more »

Mercedes confirmed their dominant performance from FP2 and FP3 and made it a 1-2 in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. This time, it was Bottas who took the honours for... read more »

Valtteri Bottas put an end to Lewis Hamilton's charge to an 80th pole position, grabbing the coveted grid slot by 0.1s in qualifying for the Russian GP. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas took firm control of Free Practice 3 for Mercedes, ahead of Ferrari pairing Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. read more »

Finn Bottas finished fourth and second in the two Friday practice sessions for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix, believing that the team still has time to find in its... read more »

Valtteri Bottas does not believe Ferrari's deficit to Mercedes in Friday practice for Formula 1's Russian Grand Prix is "real" read more »