Valtteri Bottas beat teammate Lewis Hamilton by 0.023s to take the first pole position of his career as Mercedes locked out the front row in Bahrain. Bottas had matched... read more »
Valtteri Bottas news


Valtteri Bottas
| Team | Mercedes |
|---|---|
| Country | Finland |
| Podiums | 45 |
| Points | 1277 |
| Grands Prix entered | 139 |
| World Championships | N/A |
| Highest race finish | 1 (x7) |
| Highest grid position | 1 |
| Date of birth | 28/08/1989 |
| Place of birth | Nastola, Finland |
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Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the Bahrain GP as the Finn claimed his first-ever pole in F1. read more »
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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas delighted in his first career pole position as he narrowly edged team-mate Lewis Hamilton during qualifying for the Bahrain… read more »
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Despite bagging his first Formula 1 pole on Saturday, Valtteri Bottas is refusing to dream that he could take his maiden victory on Sunday. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas makes up for Shanghai "stupidity" as he out-paces teammate Lewis Hamilton for Bahrain pole. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas claimed his first Formula 1 pole position by edging out Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a tight Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying battle read more »
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Valtteri Bottas beats Lewis Hamilton to Bahrain GP pole position read more »
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Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas took his first pole position, beating team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the Bahrain Grand Prix by just 0.023 seconds. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has taken his first pole position for Mercedes AMG F1, narrowly edging team mate Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel qualified in third position, nearly half a... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas brought Lewis Hamilton's run of pole positions to a halt in Bahrain on Saturday as he claimed the coveted grid slot ahead of his team-mate. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas edged out Lewis Hamilton during Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying for his maiden Formula 1 pole position, as Mercedes lapped comfortably quicker… read more »
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Valtteri Bottas edges out Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 0.023 seconds to take his first F1 pole position. read more »
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Mercedes and Ferrari have confirmed their line-ups for the post-Bahrain Grand Prix test, with Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel all set to… read more »
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Mercedes will reinforce their T-wing ahead of Saturday's third and final practice for the Bahrain GP after Valtteri Bottas' fell off in FP2. read more »
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Christian Horner calls for ban on T-wings after Bottas failure causes Red Bull track time... and money. read more »
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Christian Horner believes Charlie Whiting should look into banning T-wings after Max Verstappen suffered substantial damage after hitting the detached wing of Valtteri... read more »
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Max Verstappen was restricted to just eighteen laps in FP2 after suffering damage after striking Valtteri Bottas' T-wing, which had detached itself from his Mercedes. read more »
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While Sebastian Vettel was fastest again after completing the same feat earlier in FP1, the battle was much closer than before. Valtteri Bottas stranded at 0.041s of the... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes must find a fix for its T-wing breakages as another failure causes damage to another car this time. read more »
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Max Verstappen was surprised by the amount of damage that Valtteri Bottas' T-wing caused to the floor of his RB13 at the Sakhir circuit on Friday night. read more »
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Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has renewed calls to ban T-wings in Formula 1 after Max Verstappen hit the detached wing from Valtteri Bottas's Mercedes in Bahrain... read more »
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Max Verstappen was left frustrated after losing the bulk of his running in Bahrain GP FP2 after hitting Valtteri Bottas' broken T-wing on the track. read more »
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SAKHIR, Bahrain -- The top three cars were split by just 0.066s during the second practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel just pipping... read more »
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Christian Horner has reiterated his desire to see T-wings banned from Formula 1 after Valtteri Bottas' cost Max Verstappen track time and Red Bull money. read more »
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Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets again in Practice Two for the Bahrain GP but Ferrari suffered more reliability problems in the desert. read more »