Lewis Hamilton has said "it's not easy being my team-mate" in launching another defence of his Mercedes colleague Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Toto Wolff believes Mercedes must avoid knee-jerk reactions to driver performances after Valtteri Bottas' roller-coaster season in 2020. read more »

Toto Wolff has praised Valtteri Bottas's mentality, and specifically his ability to handle being on the end of "insane" bad luck in 2020. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes his race pace was the area he improved on the most throughout the 2020 F1 season. read more »

Red Bull driver programme boss Helmut Marko said Valtteri Bottas was too "crap" at the Sakhir GP to make a true comparison to George Russell. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has claimed his failure to meet his targets over the past year has provided him with the chance to take "lessons learned" into a title... read more »

Lewis Hamilton does not think Valtteri Bottas has to defend his results in the 2020 season - or that he needs to stick up for his Mercedes team-mate. read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes there is no need for Valtteri Bottas to defend his Formula 1 performances through 2020, praising a "big showing" of his personality and... read more »

A special holiday message from Toto, Valtteri and Lewis this holiday season  read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes he saw enough in Valtteri Bottas at the end of the past season to suggest the "fighter" within will return in 2021. read more »

Despite his stronger record on Saturdays, Valtteri Bottas thinks that his race pace was actually his biggest improvement in 2020. read more »

Motorsport Monday presents its top ten Formula 1 drivers of the 2020 season - not an easy task when 13 drivers stood atop the podium, five of which recorded race wins - two of... read more »

Despite Mercedes having an incredible year yet again dominating F1, Valtteri Vottas, who came in 2nd, quite possibly had the unluckiest year of any driver on the grid. Many... 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 »

Looking back on 2020, Valtteri Bottas joked that the Bottas' Mowing Service gag from the Austrian GP was a "life highlight". read more »

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Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas say that Red Bull's recruitment of Carlos Sainz will make the Austrian team a bigger threat next season. read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has clarified why the team double-stacked Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton during an off-the-pace season finale in Abu Dhabi. read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has revealed the decision of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to perform doughnuts at the end of the season finale in Abu Dhabi was... read more »

The FIA has updated the Formula 1 sporting regulations related to tyre usage that meant George Russell risked being disqualified in Sakhir after being fitted with Valtteri... read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes Valtteri Bottas is "more eager to win" after losing yet another Formula 1 title battle to Lewis Hamilton this year. read more »

With the dust settling on an intense, unprecedented campaign of F1 action, Crash.net Digital Editor Lewis Larkam counts down the top 10 drivers who impressed him the most in 2020. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted the "small trophy" he expects to receive for finishing second in this year's World Championship "can't be that... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says finishing second in the Formula 1 drivers' championship "can't be that satisfying" following another defeat in the title race to... read more »

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 driver Valtteri Bottas will be entering his third consecutive Arctic Lapland Rally in January. read more »