Mercedes gave its W12 car a first on-track run on Friday at the Bahrain International Circuit, but slumped to the bottom of the mileage chart after a challenging day.Valtteri... read more »

Bottas is entering his fifth season racing for Mercedes in 2021, having helped the team win the constructors' championship in each of his past four years alongside Lewis... read more »

Bottas will embark on his fifth season with Mercedes in 2021, but is yet to defeat team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a title battle, finishing as runner-up in each of the past two... read more »

F1 steward Mika Salo has told fellow Finn Kristian Sohlberg that Ferrari was made to "use less fuel" as part of their punishment from the 2019 'cheating'... read more »

Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Antonio Giovinazzi is delighted to continue having Kimi Raikkonen as his teammate in 2021, believing the Finn's vast experience will be key to... read more »

An accumulation of poor luck conspired to hamper Valtteri Bottas's Formula 1 title challenge in 2020 as team-mate Lewis Hamilton took his record-equalling seventh title.... read more »

Toto Wolff has explained his radio call to Valtteri Bottas as the Finn was about to begin his final flying lap in today's qualifying session. read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff was heard giving driver Valtteri Bottas some words of encouragement during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which he explained afterwards... read more »

Mercedes drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton led the second practice session for the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the Finn having the upper hand over his... read more »

Valtteri Bottas left the Sakhir Grand Prix frustrated believing Mercedes failed to prioritise securing the Finn's second position in the championship. read more »

Valtteri Bottas held onto pole position ahead of the Sakhir Grand Prix by the finest of margins ahead of stand-in team-mate George Russell. The Finn was on provisional pole... read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff paid tribute to the "strong mental constitution" of Valtteri Bottas and is confident the Finn can bounce back from his catastrophic... read more »

Max Verstappen still has ambitions to deny Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas second place in the Drivers' Championship, sitting twenty-seven points behind the Finn with three... read more »

World Champion Lewis Hamilton says his points advantage over Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas is not reflective of the Finn's skillset. Hamilton sealed the 2020 title,... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes the points gap to Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Valtteri Bottas has been inflated by the Finn's bad luck, calling him "one of the strongest... read more »

"A messy and disastrous race," admits Valtteri Bottas, the Finn having spun no less than six times during today's Turkish Grand Prix. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen applauded Alfa Romeo's progress at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with the Finn scoring for only the second time this season. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he didn't have enough time to avoid the piece of debris that damaged his floor and hurt his prospects at Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes "not many people" could perform as well as Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas after the Finn secured pole position for the F1 Emilia Romagna GP. read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola left him shaking at the conclusion of the session.... read more »

Peter Sauber is in favour of Alfa Romeo giving Kimi Raikkonen another year in F1, amid the expected confirmation that the Finn will stay with the team. read more »

Ross Brawn reckons Kimi Raikkonen's epic first lap at the Portuguese GP proves that the Finn still has what it takes to compete in Formula 1. read more »

Lewis Hamilton often out-drives Valtteri Bottas, but on Saturday he out-thought the Finn to close in on a big milestone. read more »

Valtteri Bottas was left with regret after opting against logging multiple flying laps on the medium tyre in the final stage of the Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying as the Finn... read more »

On this day 13 years ago, Kimi Raikkonen completed a dramatic turnaround to become Formula 1 world champion for Ferrari. In Autosport's 25 October 2007 issue, ADAM COOPER... read more »