Valtteri Bottas news

The Finn will start fourth on Sunday but was more than eight-tenths of a second down on polesitter Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says it feels very good to return to Pole Position as he leads a Mercedes front row ahead of the two Ferrari cars for the Russian Grand Prix read more »

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 »