Valtteri Bottas news

Max Verstappen calls his five-second time penalty for a clash with Valtteri Bottas "not fair," but takes heart from Red Bull's pace at Monza. read more »

Max Verstappen disagrees with penalty in Bottas in Italian GP clash read more »

Mercedes deployed a moving bollard in the form of Valtteri Bottas to help Lewis Hamilton beat Kimi Raikkonen to the Italian GP win, while Sebastian Vettel cost himself any... read more »

Valtteri Bottas qualified fourth for the Italian Grand Prix but was downbeat after admitting a lack of trust with his brakes, remnants of set-up changes aimed at improving... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes he effectively matched Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the end of Italian Grand Prix qualifying and only lost time because he had no tow read more »

Valtteri Bottas could only manage P4 in qualifying in Italy, having struggled with the set-up of his Mercedes all weekend. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says set-up changes from Friday practice failed to produce key performance gains from his Mercedes as he remained off the pace read more »

A very tight battle for pole position saw Kimi Raikkonen take pole position at Ferrari's home race in Monza. The Finn narrowly beat his team mate Sebastian Vettel,... read more »

The Finn ended fourth fastest in the one dry practice session at Monza on Friday after completing just eight laps in the wet morning session. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he is willing to help team-mate Lewis Hamilton win this year's World title but hopes Mercedes won't be "too harsh" and take away a... read more »

Valtteri Bottas would accept team orders from Mercedes to help team-mate Lewis Hamilton if it would earn the manufacturer a fifth straight Formula 1 title double read more »

Valtteri Bottas trusts Mercedes to handle team orders in the right way and says he will help teammate Lewis Hamilton if required.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he trusts Mercedes to make the right calls in terms of team orders in the remaining part of the season read more »

Valtteri Bottas still expects 'respect' if handed support role after Monza read more »

Although Toto Wolff insists he is against it, the Mercedes admits Valtteri Bottas may be forced into a number two depending on the result of this weekend's Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes will discuss after this weekend's Italian Grand Prix to discuss whether it should shift Valtteri Bottas into a support role for Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton read more »

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza- Home of the Italian Grand Prix and one of the most historic venues on the Formula One calendar! Valtteri Bottas talks us through the challenges... read more »

Mercedes may consider using Valtteri Bottas to support F1 teammate Lewis Hamilton's title bid following the Italian Grand Prix, team boss Toto Wolff admits.  read more »

Who needs cake when you can have donuts? Happy Birthday Valtteri, from all of us at the team! read more »

Although it goes against his "racing instinct" to use Valtteri Bottas to aid Lewis Hamilton's championship challenge, Toto Wolff admits Mercedes may have to... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was handed a five second penalty for colliding with Sergey Sirotkin at the start, but reflects on a good damage limitation drive to P4 at the Belgian Grand Prix. read more »

Weeks after Valtteri Bottas took issue with Toto Wolff's 'wingman' comment, it appears the role may become official. read more »

Mercedes to discuss Valtteri Bottas support role after Monza read more »

Bottas hit with time penalty after running into the back of Sirotkin's car on the opening lap at Spa. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas has been given a five-second penalty and two penalty points for colliding with Williams's Sergey Sirotkin at the Belgian Grand... read more »