Valtteri Bottas news

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 »

The warm afternoon session got off to a false start, being immediately red flagged for Nikita Mazepin's Haas coming to a halt on pit exit. It led to the Russian remaining... read more »

Valtteri Bottas led a dominant Mercedes 1-2 ahead of championship leader Max Verstappen in the third and final practice session for the Qatar Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas continues to set the pace in Qatar as mysterious rear wing oscillation hampers Max Verstappen's efforts. read more »

Mercedes appear to be enjoying a good advantage over Red Bull heading into Qatar GP qualifying with Valtteri Bottas leading Lewis Hamilton in a one-two for the world champions... read more »

Valtteri Bottas led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton during final practice for Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix. Bottas set a time of 1:22.310s to finish just 0.078s as... read more »

Valtteri Bottas edged Lewis Hamilton in final practice in Qatar as Red Bull's rear wing actuator issues continued to hamper Max Verstappen. read more »

Valtteri Bottas spearheaded a Mercedes one-two in final practice ahead of qualifying for the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix that proved problematic for Max Verstappen. read more »

Alfa Romeo announced earlier this week that it had signed Formula 2 title contender Guanyu Zhou for next season, partnering the incoming Valtteri Bottas.It ended the hopes of... read more »

In early September Mercedes announced it had signed Williams' George Russell to partner Lewis Hamilton for 2022 and beyond, with Valtteri Bottas moving to Alfa Romeo on a... read more »

After the first day of running in Qatar, Valtteri Bottas already feels close to finding his sweet spot. read more »

Andrew Shovlin has described Valtteri Bottas as looking like "the man" in the opening exchanges in Qatar after topping the Friday timesheets but the team is still shy... read more »