Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas has vowed to change his mindset in his battle with Lewis Hamilton heading into the 2018 F1 season.  read more »

The reigning world champion reckons his team-mate will have a much stronger season in 2018...but believes he'll still beat him. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes he can beat Lewis Hamilton through hard work but won't fall apart if he loses to his Mercedes team-mate. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas is adamant he has "all the tools" required to become F1 world champion in 2018. read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits he was beating himself up last season after losing out to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas says the team's one-lap pace is "unknown" going to Australia because it did not feel the need to discover it during... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has denied claims that Mercedes are heading into the new season with a one-second advantage over their nearest rivals. read more »

After a final afternoon of tyre testing in Spain, Valtteri Bottas is ready to head to Australia to find out just where Mercedes are in relation to their rivals. read more »

Lewis Hamilton wants Valtteri Bottas to stay at Mercedes in much the same way Sebastian Vettel wants Kimi Raikkonen as his team-mate; that's according to Jolyon Palmer. read more »

Valtteri Bottas in awe of 'amazing' 2018-spec F1 cars read more »

Valtteri Bottas feels the "bending and flexing" of his Mercedes W09 F1 car in Circuit de Catalunya's high speed corners makes it the best car he's... read more »

New year, new look! Feast your eyes on Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton's 2018 helmets and PUMA Motorsport race gear! read more »

The Finn completed 97 laps, setting the eighth fastest time of the day on medium tyres. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says that Mercedes still have more to find in their 2018 car. read more »

Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have both reported "challenges" with the tyres after they completed another half day of running each in Barcelona. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he was happy about the weather conditions this week so far, meaning he was able to complete set-up work in the morning session of the second Barcelona test. read more »

Sebastian Vettel led Valtteri Bottas on the first day of the second and final test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Tuesday. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have reported challenges getting Pirelli’s new F1 tyres to work at Circuit de Catalunya with the Mercedes W09. read more »

Vettel tops the opening day of the second test ahead of Mercedes' Bottas as McLaren suffers three stoppages through the day. read more »

Sebastian Vettel was quickest ahead of Valtteri Bottas on the opening morning of the final pre-season test, but McLaren's reliability issues returned as they were limited... read more »

Declaring that Lewis Hamilton is "beatable", Valtteri Bottas says he aims to up the pressure on his team-mate this season even if it causes "some tension"... read more »

The Finn had the worst of the conditions during his stint in the car on Thursday, but is happy with the way Mercedes' pre-season testing programme has started. read more »

How do fast Finns fulfill their need for speed during the off-season? Formula One race winner Valtteri Bottas and rising Rallycross star Niclas Grönholm - son of rally legend... read more »

Lewis Hamilton expects Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas to be stronger in 2018, saying there are "no more excuses" for the Finn. read more »

'No more excuses' for Valtteri Bottas this season - Lewis Hamilton read more »