Valtteri Bottas put in the quickest lap of the opening three days of 2020 pre-season testing on Friday with a 1:15.732 on the softest tyre compound - the C5. For more F1®... read more »

Valtteri Bottas said he has known about Mercedes' new dual-axis steering system (DAS) for "nearly one year". read more »

Mercedes' pace during the opening week of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona looked ominous, as Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton ended the first week atop the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes' Dual-Axis System has been in development for over a year, and is hopeful that it will give the team a performance advantage. Mercedes fitted... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are full of praise for the Mercedes team after a very successful first week of Formula 1 testing. read more »

Lewis Hamitlon praises the team effort at Mercedes that helped the team to finish the first pre-season test as the fastest two cars on track, Hamilton second to teammate... read more »

Mercedes ended the first week of Formula 1 pre-season testing quickest, with Lewis Hamilton completing a 1-2 on the timesheets as team-mate Valtteri Bottas's 1m15.732s... read more »

Valtteri Bottas' scintillating benchmark remained untouched as he and Mercedes concluded the first F1 pre-season test on top.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas set a scintillating pace to finish Test One as Mercedes continued their storming start to F1 2020, while Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel suffered an engine... read more »

The first F1 test of the 2020 season is in the books with Valtteri Bottas heading a Mercedes 1-2 at the top of the timesheet. read more »

Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2 as the manufacturer dominated the final day of Formula 1's opening test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Friday. Bottas clocked... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes it will be hard for teams to copy Mercedes' novel dual-axis steering Formula 1 concept, saying he first heard about its development almost one... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says the Mercedes Formula 1 team are still learning about their new 'Dual-Axis Steering' system, but believes the innovation will give team the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas brings his first week of pre-season testing to a close by topping the Barcelona timesheets, while engine issue sidelines Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Valtteri Bottas showed a glimpse of Mercedes' potential on his way to setting a new benchmark time of F1 2020 pre-season testing.  read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas set the fastest lap of Barcelona Formula 1 pre-season testing so far in the day three morning session, as Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari... read more »

Valtteri Bottas blasted his way to the top of the Formula 1 pre-season testing timesheets on a day when Sebastian Vettel was hit by engine trouble. read more »

Valtteri Bottas comfortably clocked the fastest time of winter testing so far on the final morning of the first test, but Ferrari lost half the session after an engine problem... read more »

Valtteri Bottas slapped a set of the softest compound tyres onto his DAS-fitted W11 and laid down a 1:15.732 on Friday morning's session. read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas moved clear of the pack on the final morning of the opening Formula 1 test of 2020. After Bottas' session on Thursday was truncated by a... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was still left with a good feeling from Mercedes' latest Formula 1 car despite taking what technical director James Allison has described as "an early... read more »

The Mercedes F1 team has downplayed the electrical problem that brought Valtteri Bottas' afternoon programme to a premature end.  read more »

Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas top the timesheets on the first day of pre-season testing, a day on which the German team, Red Bull, Honda and Racing Point,... read more »

Although happy with his first morning behind the wheel of the W11 in pre-season testing, Valtteri Bottas says it still has "weaknesses". read more »

Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 on the opening day of 2020 Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona, topping the timesheets ahead of Valtteri Bottas read more »