Valtteri Bottas is, for the first time in six years, going into a Formula One season illness free. read more »

The smart money says Ferrari and Mercedes will fight for victory at the opening race of 2019. A Melbourne victory for either of Sebastian Vettel or Lewis Hamilton's... read more »

The easing of driver weight rules for the 2019 Formula 1 season means this is the first year that Valtteri Bottas has not had a long illness during the winter read more »

Valtteri Bottas has returned to the F1 paddock with a steely determination to hit back in 2019 following a tough sophomore campaign with Mercedes, but will a... read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes someone who holds a big advantage over the driver behind will be tempted to pit and take risks to earn Formula 1's revived fastest lap bonus point read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Mercedes has already made improvements to its 2019 Formula 1 car after declaring Ferrari to be the pre-season favourite during testing read more »

Lewis Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas has made clear that he no longer wants to be cast in a support role at Mercedes. read more »

Feature: Valtteri Bottas striving to be F1's top dog in 2019 read more »

Mercedes are underdogs heading into 2019 - Valtteri Bottas read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has claimed that, since he returned from his holiday after the 2018 season, his goal for the 2019 Formula 1 campaign is "to beat... read more »

Valtteri Bottas: 'I've decided I'm going to beat everyone this year' read more »

"I'm going to beat everyone this year" is what Valtteri Bottas has declared in the build-up to the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has a new race engineer for 2019, with Riccardo Musconi having switched from Lewis Hamilton's side of the garage in order to assist the Finn. Bottas will... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Ferrari remain the team to beat but feels Mercedes can overturn the performance deficit during the F1 season read more »

Valtteri Bottas: No concerns if Mercedes behind in Melbourne read more »

Valtteri Bottas has a new race engineer for this season with Mercedes promoting Riccardo Musconi to the role. read more »

Valtteri Bottas targets "fresh" start in 2019 as he begins work with new senior race engineer Riccardo Musconi.  read more »

We travelled to Finland to see what the Mercedes driver got up to during his winter break and how he's preparing for the upcoming 2019 season. For more F1® videos, visit... read more »

Alain Prost has added his scepticism to the new aerodynamic rules for 2019. In the paddock, opinions are split as Liberty and the FIA move to make overtaking easier, although... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has joined several other drivers in their belief that following and overtaking will be easier in 2019. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is confident Mercedes will get on top of the "obstacles" it faces heading into the 2019 F1 season.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas has joined a growing number of drivers who think overtaking will be easier in 2019. Initially, there was great scepticism about the changes to the front wing... read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has said the team have used their time in Spain well, and are prepared for the start of the season read more »

Although noting that Mercedes' W10 had improved over the course of the two pre-season tests, Valtteri Bottas admits it is by no means "perfect." read more »

While Sebastian Vettel put Valtteri Bottas firmly in his place this morning, out-pacing the Finn by 0.340s, Lewis Hamilton believes the Ferrari SF90 has an advantage over the... read more »