Valtteri Bottas news

Lewis Hamilton has set the fastest lap during qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, topping his team mate Valtteri Bottas to secure a Mercedes front row lockout for... read more »

Lewis Hamilton delivered another stunning qualifying performance to claim pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas, as… read more »

Lewis Hamilton rockets to the 66th pole position of his F1 career ahead of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in Baku. read more »

The third practice session at Baku turned out as another close and eventful hour of running. While several drivers hit technical trouble, Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas was... read more »

While Vatteri Bottas set the fastest time in FP3 for the Azerbaijan GP, both Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen are in a race against time to prepare for qualifying following... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas led Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in final practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel hit trouble. read more »

Valtteri Bottas tops timesheets in final session as Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel encounter problems. read more »

Valtteri Bottas edged out Kimi Raikkonen to lead final free practice for Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, as both Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen had problems read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time in Practice Three for the Azerbaijan GP as Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen suffered mechanical problems. read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the pace during Saturday's final practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton, as Sebastian… read more »

Valtteri Bottas heads up a Finnish 1-2 in final Baku practice as the likes of Vettel and Verstappen hit trouble. read more »

Valtteri Bottas leads Kimi Raikkonen in Baku F1 FP3 read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the pace in final practice for the Azerbaijan GP, a session in which Jolyon Palmer's luck went from bad to worse. read more »

Despite Mercedes not being on top of the time sheets in Baku, Valtteri Bottas believes they are moving in the right direction in their performance. read more »

Mercedes duo Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel feel Formula 1 rival Red Bull's impressive pace in Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice is... read more »

Although Lewis Hamilton finished FP2 down in tenth place in Baku, he says the W08 obviously has pace as his team-mate was second on the day. read more »

The margins were extremely close among the three top teams in today's second practice session at Baku, Azerbaijan. Max Verstappen was fastest overall, but only by a tenth... read more »

Max Verstappen completes a clean sweep of Friday practice in Baku by leading FP2 for Red Bull ahead of Valtteri Bottas, only to crash late on. read more »

Lewis Hamilton signals his approval for Valtteri Bottas to be retained at Mercedes. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says his Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Valtteri Bottas has earned the right to stay at the team for a second season read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes that new team-mate Valtteri Bottas has proven that he has "earned his place" at Mercedes for the long-term. Bottas joined Mercedes in… read more »

Kimi Rakkonen, Stoffel Vandoorne and Daniil Kvyat star in part one of the Azerbaijan pre-race press conference, followed by Valtteri Bottas, Esteban Ocon and Romain Grosjean in... read more »

Part 2 of today's press conference with Valterri Bottas, Esteban Ocon and Romain Grosjean. read more »

Valtteri Bottas, Esteban Ocon and Romain Grosjean attended Thursday's second press conference for the Azerbaijan GP weekend. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Valtteri Bottas has "earnt his place" at Mercedes and will become even stronger should the world champions extend his contract. read more »