George Russell revelled in a dream practice debut with Mercedes to leave new team-mate Valtteri Bottas floundering around Bahrain's high-speed outer circuit. read more »

Lewis Hamilton's stand-in George Russell is not in a straight shootout for a 2022 seat with Valtteri Bottas at the Sakhir Grand Prix, according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists that George Russell and Valtteri Bottas are not in a "shoot-out" over a seat with the team for the 2022 F1 season. read more »

George Russell tops the timesheets in FP1, ahead of Max Verstappen, Alex Albon and a seemingly struggling Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Teaming up with George Russell for the Sakhir GP, Valtteri Bottas has rubbished any suggestion of this weekend's event being a "showdown" between the two. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has conceded it would "not look good" for his career if Lewis Hamilton's replacement George Russell beats him in Bahrain this... read more »

While insisting that he doesn't feel any undue pressure, Valtteri Bottas admits that it would not look good if he is beaten by George Russell this weekend. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has dismissed suggestions that the result of this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix will determine who drives for Mercedes in 2022. read more »

With ambitions to deny Valtteri Bottas second place in the Drivers' Championship, Max Verstappen says it is important Red Bull maximise their potential across the final... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has admitted it will not look good if he gets beaten by Mercedes' substitute driver George Russell at this weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas acknowledges that if George Russell beats him on his Mercedes debut as Lewis Hamilton's replacement for Formula 1's Sakhir Grand Prix "it... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has expressed the "great motivation" he has been given from having George Russell as his team-mate for the Sakhir Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says having George Russell as his team-mate at Mercedes does not bring any added pressure for him at the Sakhir Grand Prix. Bottas has trailed regular team-mate... read more »

Can George Russell make the most of his chance to impress Mercedes by beating Valtteri Bottas in this weekend's Sakhir GP? read more »

Mercedes has explained their reasoning for why they only changed three tyres on Valtteri Bottas' car for his final stint at the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has joked the black cat he has been feeding recently is not getting any more food after another case of bad luck in Bahrain. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he is unsure whether to laugh or cry over his recent bad luck in Formula 1, but hopes it will even out in the near future 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 »

Valtteri Bottas suffered more bad luck during Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix as he finished only eighth as Lewis Hamilton took an eleventh win of the season. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he hopes his bad luck in F1 'evens out' after suffering two punctures in the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is braced for another battle with Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen in today's Bahrain GP - although that is where the 2020 familiarities could stop as... read more »

Today's post-qualifying press conference with Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen. read more »

Valtteri Bottas could offer no explanation for why he had been comprehensively beaten by Lewis Hamilton for pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas felt he extracted the maximum from his Mercedes F1 car in qualifying despite being beaten to pole position by teammate Lewis Hamilton once again. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he and Lewis Hamilton will fight for victory in Formula 1's Bahrain race with "quite different set-ups" and is "surprised" by the... read more »