Valtteri Bottas news

Mercedes has confirmed that a faulty turbo was behind Valtteri Bottas' exit from the Spanish Grand Prix, caused by a previously unseen defect. Bottas was… read more »

A never before seen problem with the turbo on his Formula 1 engine caused Valtteri Bottas to retire from the Spanish Grand Prix, Mercedes has revealed read more »

Mercedes reveals the reason for Valtteri Bottas' Spanish Grand Prix exit... and admits it is not an issue it has encountered before. read more »

Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team won't be at a disadvantage with its longer wheelbase car at the Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Despite retiring from the Spanish Grand Prix with a power unit problem, Toto Wolff has praised Valtteri Bottas for his performance, which saw him help Lewis Hamilton to take... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes that the title fight will soon switch to out and out performance over tyre management. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has said he made it his "mission" to slow Sebastian Vettel down at the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas insists it was his 'job' and 'duty' to hold Sebastian Vettel up in the middle of the Spanish Grand Prix to help Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate... read more »

From the highs of Russia, Valtteri Bottas saw the lows of Formula 1 in Spain as he suffered his first retirement as a Mercedes driver whilst on course for an easy podium. read more »

While Sebastian Vettel was disappointed at having to battle Valtteri Bottas in Spain, he says he apportions no blame to Felipe Massa in their late race tussle. read more »

"It s just so much more enjoyable because there s no tension with another team-mate..." - Hamilton on Bottas Mercedes harmony read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Valtteri Bottas cost him "an awful lot of time" while playing rear-gunner to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton at the Spanish Grand Prix. Vettel... read more »

Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen say they would have avoided making contact at Turn 1 of the Spanish Grand Prix if Valtteri Bottas had not clipped the Finn on the apex. As he... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel discuss this race's ramifications when it comes to their title fight - plus reaction from third-placed Daniel Ricciardo, Sergio Perez... read more »

"I think I did what I had to do to help the team and hopefully that made a big difference..." read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has failed to finish the Spanish Grand Prix after being involved in a collision on the opening lap. The Scuderia Ferrari driver was tapped from behind at the... read more »

Max Verstappen believes he and Kimi Raikkonen would not have crashed at the start of the Spanish GP had Valtteri Bottas not tagged the Ferrari at Barcelona's first corner. read more »

Valtteri Bottas felt one-stop strategy would pay off read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff praised Valtteri Bottas for his role in helping Lewis Hamilton to victory at the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen both blamed Valtteri Bottas for their very early retirements from the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen and Max Verstappen believe Valtteri Bottas caused their first-corner exits from the Spanish Grand Prix, but Bottas insists that he did not cause the incident... read more »

Sebastian Vettel feels he lost "an awful lot of time" when Mercedes used Valtteri Bottas to "block" him during his Spanish Grand Prix battle with Lewis Hamilton read more »

An engine change on Saturday morning affected Valtteri Bottas' qualifying performance, limiting him to a third place start. read more »

The British driver took the top spot on the grid ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Valterri Bottas read more »

ESPN rounds up all the reaction from up and down the Barcelona paddock following qualifying for the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix. Mercedes Valtteri Bottas (3rd): "For most of... read more »