Lewis Hamilton has stuck up for Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Valtteri Bottas and urged critics to "give him a break" amid rumours about his future at the team. read more »

Valtteri Bottas shot down media speculation on Thursday that he could be replaced as Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes teammate midway through the season and said such talk was... read more »

Valtteri Bottas took a little dig at rivals Red Bull as he confirmed that he will see out the season with Mercedes. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has hit out following reports in the UK media that he could be dumped by Mercedes "mid-season". read more »

Valtteri Bottas has denied that he could be replaced at Mercedes mid-way through the 2021 Formula 1 season, labelling the rumours as "bullshit". Bottas, whose... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has rubbished reports that he could be replaced by Mercedes during the 2021 Formula 1 season, calling them "bull****". read more »

Valtteri Bottas has described reports that he could be replaced at Mercedes mid-way through the 2021 Formula 1 season as "bullshit". read more »

Mercedes won't jump at issuing team orders as they don't want to "get a down" Valtteri Bottas, says F1 journalist Lawrence Barretto read more »

In the latest F1 gossip column, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has dismissed speculation that Valtteri Bottas will be dropped mid-season in favour of George Russell. read more »

Ralf Schumacher thinks it "makes no sense" for Mercedes to think about ditching Valtteri Bottas for George Russell mid-season. read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles said they were "foolish" with their timing to pit Valtteri Bottas and chase fastest lap in Portimao. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says he may stop his motivational radio messages to Valtteri Bottas after it failed to help his driver catch Max Verstappen in the Portuguese... read more »

Red Bull principal Christian Horner would be "surprised" if Mercedes are thinking of swapping Valtteri Bottas and George Russell mid-season. read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes he may have to curb his enthusiasm in future when it comes to delivering motivational in-race messages to Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Toto Wolff said his motivational radio messages to Valtteri Bottas may change in the future, after his pace "flatlined" at the Portimao. read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner does not believe Mercedes will axe Valtteri Bottas mid-season and replace him with George Russell. read more »

Mercedes are 'losing faith' in Valtteri Bottas and could replace him with George Russell before the season ends, according to the Daily Mail. read more »

Toto Wolff has called for Mercedes to learn from the "stupid moment" it made with regard to Valtteri Bottas' fastest lap bid in the Portuguese Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes team principal Wolff has been heard giving messages of encouragement to Bottas at a number of recent races after a request for more feedback from the Finn last... read more »

The British driver's success at the Algarve circuit was possible thanks to the work Mercedes has had to do to get on top of its early balance issues, plus a different rear... read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits to being mystified at the loss of pace which saw the pole-man end the race in third. read more »

Hamilton was able to extend his championship lead by recovering from third after the safety car restart to battle through to victory, passing both Verstappen and team-mate... read more »

Seven-time F1 world champion Hamilton scored the 97th victory of his career in Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix, passing Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas en route to the... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says a sensor issue caused Valtteri Bottas' engine to go into a safety mode and cost him five seconds in Formula 1's Portuguese Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff conceded the team had 'let Valtteri Bottas down' after a sensor issue caused his W12 to enter a safety mode whilst hunting down Max... read more »