Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas says the new generation of Formula One cars require a different driving style. This year's cars have more downforce and more mechanical grip than their... read more »

Pascal Wehrlein was not chosen for the Mercedes F1 seat taken by Valtteri Bottas because of a lack of experience, according to the Sauber driver read more »

Valtteri Bottas once again ended the day ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton, and is looking forward to the challenge of the season ahead. read more »

Mercedes still has "hard work" to do to unlock the full potential of its updates before Formula 1's season-opening Australian Grand Prix, says Valtteri Bottas read more »

Valtteri Bottas has echoed the sentiments of Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by pointing to Ferrari and Red Bull being in much closer contention read more »

The Mercedes W08 continues to be reliable as Valtteri Bottas completed 95 laps around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Thursday afternoon. read more »

"We have had so many different upgrades and maybe some of them haven t been perfect..." - Valtteri Bottas read more »

Valtteri Bottas has stated that Mercedes are "not confident" they are the team to beat this year as Ferrari are "looking very strong". read more »

Mercedes cannot be confident they will start the new 2017 F1 season at the front, according to Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has downplayed the importance of his pace-setting lap time from Wednesday's running in Spain, adamant all that matters is where Mercedes are come Melbourne. read more »

Valtteri Bottas improved upon his best time achieved during last week's testing and once again laid down the time to beat. read more »

BARCELONA, Spain -- Valtteri Bottas hinted that times are likely to keep coming down in the final days of 2017 winter testing as he lowered the pre-season benchmark on a day... read more »

Valtteri Bottas finished in pole position as Red Bull, Renault, McLaren and Ferrari suffered setbacks during testing. read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas sets a blistering new fastest lap of the winter on day two of the final pre-season test of 2017, but Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen brings out the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas betters his own top time from pre-season F1 testing but maintains there is little to be read into the current order. read more »

Ride onboard with Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas as he records the quickest time of winter so far on day two of the final pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen crashes his Ferrari as Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas sets the fastest lap of the winter on day two of the final F1 test. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has kept hold of the new fastest lap of pre-season testing from this morning as Ferrari suffered two major blips read more »

Valtteri Bottas puts Mercedes top on sixth day with fastest test lap read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas ended the second day of the final Formula 1 pre-season test at Barcelona on top, as Kimi Raikkonen crashed the new Ferrari read more »

Valtteri Bottas stayed top of the timesheets on Day Two of the final test in Barcelona as Ferrari and Red Bull both suffered a day of disruption. read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time of winter testing so far on Day Two of the final test at Barcelona as Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen crashed out and McLaren's running... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas led the way during the second day of the second pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, courtesy of his run on Super… read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have warned of the threat Ferrari could pose to Mercedes' Formula 1 supremacy in 2017. read more »

Valtteri Bottas sets quickest time of pre-season testing as Massa continues to impress for Williams. read more »