Valtteri Bottas news

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff feels the pressure of being team-mate to Lewis Hamilton likely took its toll on Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Alfa Romeo team boss Frederic Vasseur has accepted that Guanyu Zhou's backing played a role in his recruitment for 2022 but believes the Chinese youngster is... read more »

Valtteri Bottas' opinion that a multi-year deal at Mercedes would have helped him has been questioned by Toto Wolff. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says leaving Mercedes with a perfect Constructors' Championship record would be "something special" as he prepares for his final races with the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas' mind is still very much with Mercedes rather than his next team Alfa Romeo, according to Toto Wolff. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is hopeful for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after Mercedes were surprisingly strong in Qatar. read more »

Fred Vasseur feels stepping out of the shadow of Lewis Hamilton will serve Valtteri Bottas well as he moves into a team leader role with Alfa Romeo. read more »

An idea to promote George Russell for this year's final two races was dismissed out of hand by Mercedes, according to a report. read more »

In trying to clear Fernando Alonso, Mercedes and Valtteri Bottas ended up pushing their tyres over the edge in Qatar. read more »

Toto Wolff's message urging him to overtake rivals during the Qatar Grand Prix came as a surprise to Valtteri Bottas. read more »

At last weekend's Qatar GP, it took over 21 hours from the end of qualifying before final decisions were announced after Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz and Valtteri Bottas... read more »

Valtteri Bottas is confident Mercedes can extend its good run of form in Saudi Arabia after finding "surprising" pace in Qatar. read more »

Jolyon Palmer says while Mercedes' call to one-stop Valtteri Bottas in Qatar was "bold", the team wasn't at fault for his puncture. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has claimed Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was "living in the moment" when delivering a motivational message over the team radio in Qatar. read more »

Timo Glock says Valtteri Bottas is "never in a position where you realise that he really wants" to support Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Martin Brundle feels there were 'mitigating circumstances' for Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas in Qatar, after they were landed with grid penalties. read more »

Having been a strong contender for third place in the constructors' championship heading in to the Mexican Grand Prix, a run of incidents and bad luck has proved costly... read more »

Mercedes made the call to retire Valtteri Bottas' car in Qatar as it had suffered too much aero damage to get him back into the points. read more »

Despite 4 punctures in Qatar, Alonso managed a podium finish for the first time since 2014. But how did he manage to not burst a tyre despite a risky one stop strategy? And how... read more »

Formula 2 championship leader Piastri had been linked with a possible move to Alfa Romeo for next season, but missed out on the driver to Zhou, who was announced as Valtteri... read more »

Sergio Perez says Red Bull was forced to 'play it safe' after Valtteri Bottas' tyre puncture midway through Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

Sergio Perez has revealed Red Bull opted to play it safe with his strategy after witnessing what happened to Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas during the Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes director of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has explained why Valtteri Bottas retired from the Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has found some answers for his nightmare race in Qatar, but wouldn't give too much away. read more »

Sergio Perez says Red Bull adopted a more conservative strategy in the wake of Valtteri Bottas' tyre failure at Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix. Perez worked his way... read more »