Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas is set to start Sunday's Italian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after Mercedes opted for a strategic engine change. read more »

Valtteri Bottas pipped Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Lewis Hamilton to top qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix and head the field for Saturday's sprint race. read more »

Mercedes has fitted a completely new power unit on Valtteri Bottas' Formula 1 car, consigning him to a back-of-the-grid start for Sunday's Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas will start start Sunday's Italian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after his team decided to install a number of fresh power unit... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas beats team-mate Lewis Hamilton to qualify fastest for Saturday's Italian Grand Prix 'sprint' race. read more »

Mixed fortunes for Valtteri Bottas at Monza, as Finn takes pole for Sprint but will start Grand Prix from the back following strategic engine change. read more »

Hamilton's title rival Max Verstappen qualified third for the sprint race, which will set Sunday's grand prix grid, but finished 0.411s adrift of Bottas as the Finn... read more »

In a qualifying session completely dominated by Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas managed to pip his team mate Lewis Hamilton, securing the first starting position for Formula... read more »

Valtteri Bottas produced a sensational final lap to upstage title challengers Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to set the pace in Italian GP qualifying and secure the leading... read more »

Valtteri Bottas will start the Italian Grand Prix Sprint from top spot after setting the fastest time during qualifying at Monza. Formula 1 is in the second of three trials of... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas left it late to secure P1 on the grid for sprint qualifying at the Italian Grand Prix, but it was mission complete. read more »

Valtteri Bottas secured top spot on the grid for the return of F1's sprint event at the Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas will start the Italian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after Mercedes introduced multiple new elements to his power unit. read more »

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said earlier on Friday that all teams were "struggling" with their power unit allocation for the season, and that the team had... read more »

Valtteri Bottas will start Sunday's Italian Grand Prix from the back of the field after being fitted with a new power unit at Monza. Mercedes fitted the new elements ahead... read more »

Alfa Romeo Team Principal Frederic Vasseur says he is considering "five or six" drivers to place alongside Valtteri Bottas for the 2022 Formula 1 season. Earlier this... read more »

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff says the team could potentially take a grid penalty at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix. Both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have... read more »

Bottas announced on Monday that he would be leaving Mercedes at the end of the 2021 season after five years at Brackley, ending his long-running partnership with Lewis... read more »

Signing Valtteri Bottas has opened the door for Alfa Romeo to put a "rookie", or another "experienced" driver, in the second car. read more »

Mercedes announced on Tuesday that Russell would be joining the team for the 2021 season, replacing Alfa Romeo-bound Valtteri Bottas as a team-mate for seven-time world... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes he is ready to become team leader at Alfa Romeo and effectively step out of a shadow cast by Lewis Hamilton's stunning success in F1. read more »

Theo Pourchaire has indicated that the next two rounds of the FIA Formula 2 Championship could determine his race plans for 2022. Pourchaire, who is part of the Sauber Junior... read more »

George Russell says Mercedes have made it clear that he and Lewis Hamilton will be heading into the 2022 Formula 1 season on an equal playing field. Mercedes confirmed earlier... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has acknowledged victories will be out of the question next year when he joins Alfa Romeo. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has revealed that he was informed of Mercedes' decision to drop him in favour of George Russell during Formula 1's summer break. read more »