Home hero Carlos Sainz was joined by Championship leader Valtteri Bottas, as well as Sebastian Vettel, George Russell, and Pierre Gasly in the media session ahead of the 2019... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he has noticed an improvement in the performance of his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas ever since one of his engineers crossed sides in the garage. read more »

Lewis Hamilton does not expect his relationship with Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas to deteriorate like he experienced with Nico Rosberg. read more »

Valtteri Bottas feels Mercedes can't be discredited storming to four consecutive 1-2 results at the start of the 2019 F1 season read more »

Nico Rosberg believes Valtteri Bottas may have come up with the key to beating Lewis Hamilton, having enjoyed a superb start to the 2019 season which leaves him top of the... read more »

Toto Wolff says four consecutive one-two finishes to start the 2019 season have flattered Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have locked out the top two steps on the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he would always pick Lewis Hamilton as his teammate given the strong reference points and challenge he provides read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he wouldn't choose anyone other than Lewis Hamilton to be his Mercedes team-mate. read more »

Former F1 world champion Damon Hill reckons that there "has to" be tension between Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas at the moment as the team-mates find themselves... read more »

Damon Hill believes Valtteri Bottas has successfully raised his game against Lewis Hamilton and some level of tension will be inevitable if they end up in an exclusive battle... read more »

In the most dominant team start to a season ever, Valtteri Bottas currently leads Mercedes team-mate Hamilton by just a point, and will be hoping to increase his advantage at... read more »

Charles Leclerc says it is understandable that his partnership with Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari has begun under intense media scrutiny, in a way that is perhaps not replicated... read more »

Mercedes may hold the 1-2 in the championship by more than 30 points, however, Lewis Hamilton insists Valtteri Bottas is not his only rival for this year's title. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has revealed that there hasn't been a "single word" said between himself and Mercedes with regards to an extension on his current contract with... read more »

Mercedes reserve driver Esteban Ocon expects Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas to fight all the way until the end of season. read more »

Esteban Ocon says the "war" between Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas for supremacy at Mercedes and in the world drivers' championship will last throughout... read more »

2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was won by Valtteri Bottas for the fourth consecutive 1-2 finish for Mercedes. CheckeredFlag looks at the performance up and down the grid read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says he sees similarities in the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas and Hamilton's fight with former team-mate Nico... read more »

Having retaken the lead in the Drivers' Championship on Sunday evening, Valtteri Bottas is hoping his fine form will lead to a "quick" agreement on a new deal... read more »

As Valtteri Bottas ramps up his title challenge, Toto Wolff is confident that there will be no repeats of the hostility seen in 2016. read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is eager for the team to avoid another intense rivalry between team-mates like they had between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, but insists... read more »

Toto Wolff was delighted to see Mercedes claim their fourth consecutive one-two finish of 2019 in Azerbaijan as Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to the win. read more »

Valtteri Bottas's form at the start of the 2019 Formula 1 season has already prompted concerns at Mercedes about the emergence of another intra-team rivalry read more »

Valtteri Bottas's resurgence at the start of 2019 has prompted comparisons to Nico Rosberg's 2016 season, when the German overcame Lewis Hamilton to win his only... read more »

Ross Brawn credited the mental strength displayed by Valtteri Bottas in the opening four rounds of the 2019 season, which sees him leading the drivers' championship from... read more »