Valtteri Bottas news

The Alpine driver had been running third behind Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen for much of the Jeddah race, before facing a late challenge from Valtteri Bottas.Although he... read more »

Alpine's Esteban Ocon has been left with "difficult feelings" after missing out on his second podium finish of the year in Jeddah by one-tenth of a second. On... read more »

Today's post-race press conference with Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Max Verstappen has received a ten-second penalty for causing a collision with Lewis Hamilton at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but will still be classified in second place after... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has won the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but it wasn't a straightforward affair as Max Verstappen pulled off some questionable manoeuvres during the... read more »

Hamilton wins ahead of Verstappen and Bottas as the title rivals clashed repeatedly at the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix read more »

With pole position man Lewis Hamilton having led away from the start, the race had passed without much incident before Schumacher's smash.The Haas driver lost control of... read more »

Saturday's post-qualifying press conference with Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen. read more »

Verstappen was on course to grab pole for Red Bull after setting two purple sectors on his final qualifying lap, only to run wide at the final corner and hit the wall.It left... read more »

Verstappen was on course to beat Lewis Hamilton to pole position for Saudi Arabia's first F1 race but locked up at the final corner on his last Q3 lap and hit the wall on... read more »

Lewis Hamilton took pole position and will share the front row with Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas for the first-ever Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. read more »

Drinks are on Valtteri Bottas in the Mercedes garage after his mechanics were able to repair his car in time for qualifying. read more »

The defending F1 world champion held on to take his fifth pole of the season in Jeddah after Max Verstappen hit the wall at the final corner on his last lap in Q3, having... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes' decision to change his engine after final Formula 1 practice didn't impact his qualifying at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has vowed to do "whatever I can" to assist team-mate Lewis Hamilton from the front row of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. read more »

In the Q3 shoot-out at the Jeddah Corniche street circuit, Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas had just demoted Verstappen to third when the Dutchman embarked on a... read more »

Valtteri Bottas gave Mercedes a front row lockout as he rose ahead of Verstappen seconds before the Dutchman's late drama.The two title contenders had different programmes... read more »

Hamilton will start ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Verstappen after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each... read more »

Qualifying was a very intense affair today at Saudi Arabia with both title contenders clearly on the edge trying to beat each other. Hamilton eventually pulled the longest... read more »

Mercedes is facing a race against time to change the engine in Valtteri Bottas' W12 ahead of qualifying in Saudi Arabia after detecting a fuel leak in final practice. read more »

Valtteri Bottas was full of praise for the Jeddah Corniche Circuit after finishing the first day of running at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix second fastest to team-mate Lewis... read more »

The Mercedes driver completed a clean sweep of top times on Friday in Jeddah, leading FP2 by 0.061s from team-mate Valtteri Bottas despite both drivers having their soft tyre... read more »

Hamilton topped both free practice sessions at the Jeddah Corniche street circuit, narrowly edging out teammate Valtteri Bottas and AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly in the second... read more »

Defending champion Lewis Hamilton continued where he left off earlier in the first practice by going quickest in the more representative afternoon session for the inaugural... read more »

Lewis Hamilton stayed on top of the timesheets as he led a Mercedes 1-2 ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas in second practice for Formula 1's inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand... read more »