Valtteri Bottas news

Bottas is targeting an improved showing in Melbourne as he looks to make a strong start to his second F1 season with Mercedes.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas is to be awarded the Bandini Trophy, becoming its 25th recipient. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes he and Mercedes must avoid dragging out contact renewal talks to prevent the process becoming "a bit disturbing" during the 2018 Formula 1 season read more »

After Mercedes struggled to work with the softer tyre compounds in testing, Valtteri Bottas hopes the team is on top of the issues heading into the Australian Grand Prix weekend. read more »

Who do Mercedes fear most in 2018? What did they learn from testing? Will Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas be allowed to go toe-to-toe for the title? Hear from Toto Wolff and... read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas isn't looking to engage in mind games with his teammate, instead focusing on his own performance read more »

Valtteri Bottas is convinced he has the capabilities to be crowned Formula 1 world champion at the end of the upcoming 2018 season.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas concedes Mercedes is unsure of its true one-lap pace after opted against any pure pace runs in testing. read more »

Valtteri Bottas to receive 2018 Bandini Trophy read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas were in Turin today at the opening of the all-new PETRONAS Global Research & Technology Centre. Lewis and Valtteri got the day off to a... read more »

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 »