Valtteri Bottas news

Max Verstappen extends his world championship lead with dominant Austrian Grand Prix victory with Valtteri Bottas and Lando Norris rounding off the podium. read more »

Hamilton had moved up to second place in the opening stint of the race after starting fourth on the grid, running clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas and McLaren's... read more »

The Dutchman extended his advantage at the head of the F1 drivers' standings with a crushing win at the Red Bull Ring, leading every lap from pole position.After cruising... read more »

Hamilton started fourth for Mercedes at the Red Bull Ring, but managed to move up to second in the first stint after seeing Sergio Perez drop back and then overtaking Lando... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Mercedes has "work to do" after being handed a lesson by Red Bull and Max Verstappen in the Austrian Grand Prix . read more »

Verstappen led from the start, as team-mate Sergio Perez went off while trying to pass McLaren's Lando Norris for second at Turn 4 soon after a safety car restart. Norris... read more »

While Max Verstappen took an easy back-to-back victory at the Red Bull Racing, battling behind him was quite intense. Valtteri Bottas finished second as Lando Norris completed... read more »

Verstappen's advantage was so great that he had enough time to pit for a second time and put the fastest lap bonus point target out of sight for the rest, while Bottas... read more »

Max Verstappen has taken a third consecutive race victory, as he dominated proceedings at the Red Bull Ring for the second weekend in a row. The Dutchman took a lights-to-flag... read more »

Valtteri Bottas will consider other options in Formula 1 if he was to lose his Mercedes seat to George Russell for 2022.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas has said if he is to leave Mercedes at the end of 2021 campaign, he will look at his other options to remain on the Formula 1 grid in 2022. read more »

Toto Wolff admitted Mercedes were on the back foot in Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas ended fourth and fifth on the grid respectively. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas qualified only fourth and fifth for Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix behind Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Sergio Perez. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he will look at other options within Formula 1 if he was not kept on by Mercedes after the 2021 season. Bottas joined Mercedes in 2017 after spending four... read more »

As Lewis Hamilton agrees a new two-year deal with Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas admits that he is considering his options should the German team not retain him. read more »

Valtteri Bottas thinks Mercedes have gone "a little bit backwards" from the first race of the Austrian double-header after a disappointing qualifying display. read more »

Mercedes announced on Saturday that seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton had signed a new two-year contract, keeping him with the team until the end of the 2023 season.It... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has escaped a second successive three-place grid penalty after the Mercedes driver and Carlos Sainz were cleared of "driving unnecessarily slowly"... read more »

Red Bull Ring stewards deem that no further action is required after they investigated Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz for allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly. read more »

Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel has been hit with a three-place grid penalty for Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix for blocking Fernando Alonso during qualifying. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has blamed the cars ahead of him for slowing unnecessarily during qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix, which forced him to do the same. The Aston Martin... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has been summoned to the Formula 1 stewards for allegedly backing up too much during the closing stages of Q2 in Formula 1 qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix. read more »

The Finn was part of a train of cars ahead of the last runs in Q2 that all slowed up on their out laps at Turn 9 in a bid to create gaps to the cars ahead.Bottas going slowly... read more »

Norris will share the front row with Verstappen for Sunday's second 2021 race at the Red Bull Ring, after they topped qualifying, with the Red Bull driver claiming pole.In... read more »

Valtteri Bottas faces the prospect of serving back-to-back penalties as the Mercedes driver is under investigation following qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. read more »