Valtteri Bottas news

An hour ahead of the start of the Qatar Grand Prix, the FIA announced that both Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas were penalised for ignoring yellow flags during... read more »

Max Verstappen has been handed a five-place grid penalty for failing to respect double waved yellow flags in qualifying for Formula 1's inaugural Qatar Grand Prix.  read more »

Bottas, Carlos Sainz Jr and title contender Max Verstappen were all summoned after qualifying for improving their lap times while yellow flags were out at the end of Q3 in... read more »

The Qatar stewards have announced that Valtteri Bottas will drop 3 places on the grid for today's Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has been handed a three-place grid penalty for the Qatar Grand Prix after failing to respect a single-waved yellow flag during qualifying. At the end of Q3,... read more »

The Frenchman went over the kerbs at the penultimate corner, breaking the front wing off his car, puncturing the right front tyre, and damaging the floor.At the time he was up... read more »

Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and Valtteri Bottas could find themselves on the receiving end of penalties following a trip to the Formula 1 stewards ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is more relaxed than ever now that his future has been confirmed, say his current team. read more »

Unlike Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz, there was never any danger of Sebastian Vettel having to visit the stewards before the Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

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

An impressive Friday that turned into a disappointing qualifying session at the Qatar Grand Prix left Valtteri Bottas "confused". read more »

Like Max Verstappen, who is also under investigation, both drivers were on their final runs in Q3 when Pierre Gasly had stopped on the start-finish straight.Having struck a... read more »

Carlos Sainz and Valtteri Bottas have been summoned by the Qatar stewards for allegedly not respecting single waved yellow flags at the end of Q3. read more »

Bottas has become the third driver to be summoned to the FIA stewards for ignoring yellow flags at the end of qualifying in Qatar. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has joined title leader Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz in being placed under investigation in Qatar. AlphaTauri driver Pierre... read more »

Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz are the latest Formula 1 drivers to be called to the stewards over allegedly not respecting waved yellow flags during Qatar Grand Prix qualifying.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas has conceded to being "confused" as to where his pace disappeared to ahead of qualifying for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

The Finn had made a strong start to the weekend in Friday practice, and was again on top of the standings in Saturday morning's final session before qualifying.However, he... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted that he's "a little bit confused" by his loss of performance in Formula 1 qualifying relative to practice at the Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

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

Valtteri Bottas finished third, with the final runs in Q3 featuring Pierre Gasly, who ended up fourth but got a dramatic puncture at the end of his final lap.Hamilton led the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton secured his first pole position since the Hungarian Grand Prix in what was another Mercedes-dominated qualifying session. Championship leader Max Verstappen... read more »

Hamilton takes pole position ahead of Verstappen and Bottas at the 2021 Qatar Grand Prix read more »

Valtteri Bottas edged out Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Lewis Hamilton to the fastest time in final practice at the Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

Bottas leads from Hamilton and Verstappen in third free practice at the 2021 Qatar GP read more »