Valtteri Bottas news

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 »

Mercedes put an end to months of speculation by announcing on Tuesday that Russell would be joining its works F1 team next year, replacing Valtteri Bottas after spending three... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has revealed he will need "a different kind of mentality" to tackle what he sees as a project with Alfa Romeo following his years of F1 success with... read more »

Antonio Giovinazzi says he is ignoring speculation over Alfa Romeo's 2022 driver line-up and doesn't want to "lose energy" by becoming distracted about his... read more »

Ralf Schumacher says it will be "nice" for Valtteri Bottas to have a team "behind him" when he joins Alfa Romeo next season. read more »