How different is one team's Formula One steering wheel to another? What do all those buttons do? And how tricky are race starts in 2017? We caught up with Valtteri in the... 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 concedes it was a "stupid mistake" of his own making that saw him spin behind the Safety Car in Shanghai, cost him vital positions and ultimately points. read more »
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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas describes his spin behind the safety car that pushed him down the field as a 'stupid mistake' read more »
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Valtteri Bottas 'very disappointed' after costly spin read more »
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Toto Wolff: Valtteri Bottas threw chance of victory away in China read more »
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Valtteri Bottas expressed frustration after what he described as a "stupid" spin behind the Safety Car during Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix. Bottas initially… read more »
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A disappointed Valtteri Bottas was left ruing an early mistake under the safety car in China that cost him a chance of finishing on the podium. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has admitted that a 'stupid mistake' cost him and the Mercedes Formula 1 team a better result in the Chinese Grand Prix read more »
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Toto Wolff is disappointed to see Valtteri Bottas 'throw away' a better result in the Chinese Grabd Prix with a clumsy spin under the safety car read more »
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The transcript of the Post Qualifying Press Conference organised by the FIA for the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix involving Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas. read more »
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Bottas missed out on a front row start by the tiniest of margins. But Mercedes still hold an advantage over Ferrari. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton says "the heat of the moment is so much more intense" in 2017 as he takes pole in Shanghai - plus reaction from Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas,... read more »
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Today's post-qualifying press conference with Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas speak to the press following Chinese Grand Prix Qualifying. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas admits it was "a real shame" to see Sebastian Vettel prevent him from completing a Mercedes lockout of the front row in China by just 0.001s -- the... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas was just one-thousandth of a second away from matching his bet F1 qualifying result in China on Saturday. read more »
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Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas was left to rue missing out on a front row slot to Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel by a narrow margin for the second successive race… read more »
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SHANGHAI, China -- Lewis Hamilton claimed a sixth consecutive pole position after another tight battle between Mercedes and Ferrari in qualifying for this weekend's... read more »
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Sebastian Vettel expressed satisfaction as he secured a place on the front row of the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix, just a thousandth of a second ahead of… read more »
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Lewis Hamilton digs deep to take pole in China, joined on the front row by Sebastian Vettel who out-paces Valtteri Bottas by just one-thousandth of a second. read more »
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Having been topped by Ferrari in earlier sessions, Lewis Hamilton pushed the throttle just a little bit harder when it mattered to take pole position for the Chinese Grand... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton stormed to a record sixth Chinese Grand Prix pole position during Saturday's qualifying session, as Sebastian Vettel beat Valtteri Bottas to a… read more »
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We tagged along with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas and got them to spill the beans on the way there... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says there are still "a lot of things" he needs to learn about and improve at Mercedes as he continues to adapt to life with the world champions.... read more »
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With one F1 weekend as a Mercedes driver under his belt, Valtteri Bottas has now set his sights on improving his qualifying display in China this weekend. read more »
