Valtteri Bottas news

Jacques Villeneuve believes Williams would be right to let Valtteri Bottas join Mercedes and replace him with Felipe Massa, particularly if it meant discounted engines. read more »

Gerhard Berger believes Mercedes should take a risk by signing Pascal Wehrlein instead of Valtteri Bottas for this year's championship. read more »

Former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger believes Mercedes should sign junior Pascal Wehrlein to replace Nico Rosberg, not Valtteri Bottas read more »

Paddy Lowe has felt Mercedes, thereby probably kick-starting deal which will see Valtteri Bottas join German team. read more »

According to reports, Mercedes executive director Paddy Lowe has left Mercedes to join Williams, which could speed up the process of Valtteri Bottas going the other way. read more »

Former F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen, says there is no reason Bottas cannot win a world title if he drives for Mercedes next season. read more »

Mika Hakkinen is backing Valtteri Bottas to win the Formula One championship next season if he replaces Nico Rosberg at Mercedes. read more »

Mika Hakkinen can imagine Valtteri Bottas winning championship with Mercedes read more »

Mika Hakkinen says Valtteri Bottas is now in a dream situation given he looks almost certain to take over the prime Mercedes seat vacated by Nico Rosberg read more »

Double World Champion Mika Hakkinen has hailed a "dream" situation for Valtteri Bottas, amid speculation that the Finn will replace Nico Rosberg at… read more »

Former Ferrari driver Jean Alesi says Felipe Massa is making a mistake by reversing his decision to retire so he can return to Williams for 2017. Massa was an unlikely... read more »

Jean Alesi believes that Felipe Massa would be making a mistake if he returns to Williams in place of Valtteri Bottas, who is set to join Mercedes as Lewis… read more »

With Valtteri Bottas' deal to Mercedes is set to be announced soon, the final pieces of the F1 jigsaw are set to fall into place... read more »

Ahead of the new regulation changes set for next season, Williams driver Valtteri Bottas doesn't expect any driving style changes... read more »

Valtteri Bottas visited the Mercedes factory before Christmas, giving the firmest indication yet that he is set to fill Nico Rosberg's vacant seat. Bottas has emerged as... read more »

Reports suggest that Valtteri Bottas visited Mercedes factory before Christmas. read more »

The likelihood of Valtteri Bottas taking the Mercedes seat vacated by Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg has increased as it emerged the Finn visited the team's factory... read more »

Toto Wolff has revealed that there is no conflict in interest despite having links to Valtteri Bottas amid the rumours the Finn is set to join Mercedes in 2017. read more »

As reports of Mercedes closing in on Valtteri Bottas' signature for 2017 gain momentum, PlanetF1's Melvill fears it is the safe and uninspired choice. read more »

Felipe Massa has praised former team-mate Valtteri Bottas and feels the Finn has a great future in Formula 1 ahead of him. read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has rubbished claims that Valtteri Bottas moving to the German team would constitute a conflict of interest. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes he will definitely be able to deliver wins next year, if he is given the chance to drive for a top team. read more »

Felipe Massa could be in line to delay his retirement for another season amid rumours he will return with Williams in 2017, providing Valtteri Bottas joins Mercedes. read more »

Am I alone in feeling uncomfortable about Felipe Massa's decision not to retire after all? I can understand it from the Williams point of view. Shipping Valtteri Bottas... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes he is capable of securing his first Formula 1 victory and extending that tally if he had a car that was in the top three of the pecking order read more »