After an embarrassing looking spin in practice on Friday afternoon, Valtteri Bottas will now take a three-place grid penalty for the Styrian Grand Prix. read more »
Valtteri Bottas news
Valtteri Bottas
| Team | Mercedes |
|---|---|
| Country | Finland |
| Podiums | 45 |
| Points | 1277 |
| Grands Prix entered | 139 |
| World Championships | N/A |
| Highest race finish | 1 (x7) |
| Highest grid position | 1 |
| Date of birth | 28/08/1989 |
| Place of birth | Nastola, Finland |
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Valtteri Bottas has been given a three-place grid penalty for Formula 1's Styrian Grand Prix for his pitlane spin during second practice. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has been given a three-place grid penalty after spinning in the pit lane in FP2 at the Styrian Grand Prix. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has received a three-place grid penalty at the Austrian Grand Prix after spinning in the pit lane following a routine tyre change during second practice. read more »
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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has been handed a three-place grid penalty for Sunday's Styrian GP for his spin in the pit lane during Friday practice. read more »
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Bottas spun his Mercedes W12 car while pulling away from the pit box, causing him to come to a stop in the fast lane.He avoided hitting the McLaren mechanics standing outside... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has been handed a three-place grid penalty for dangerous driving after spinning in the pit lane during practice in Austria. Bottas spun as he left... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has been handed a three-place grid penalty by the stewards for what has been deemed as 'dangerous driving in the pit lane' during practice for the... read more »
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Bottas spun his car while pulling out of the Mercedes pit box with 20 minutes remaining in the session, ending up in the middle of the fast lane and pointing towards the... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas moved to play down his relative lack of performance, and a peculiar pit lane spin, during second practice for the Styrian Grand Prix. Bottas finished the second... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has conceded to "trying something different" when he spun out of his pit box during second practice for the Styrian Grand Prix. read more »
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McLaren were far from pleased after Valtteri Bottas spun in the pit lane in Austria and narrowly avoided one of their personnel. read more »
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen topped his second practice session in a row at the Styrian GP but Lewis Hamilton also showed Mercedes' speed by setting a quicker time... read more »
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Max Verstappen ended second practice for Formula 1's Styrian Grand Prix with the fastest time as he completed a Friday practice double in Austria. read more »
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Having been fastest in first practice at the Styrian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen topped the timesheets again at the Red Bull Ring in FP2. read more »
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Max Verstappen doubled up in Friday practice as F1 title rival Lewis Hamilton fell foul of track limits ahead of the Styrian Grand Prix while Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas believes Mercedes have accepted that they should listen to him better after the drama of the French Grand Prix. read more »
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Verstappen ended up 0.256s clear of Gasly and 0.422s ahead of his title rival, but all three might have been beaten by Valtteri Bottas had the Finn not run too wide through the... read more »
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Toto Wolff has not ruled out Valtteri Bottas being "sacrificed" in the Drivers' World Championship fight - but not until much later in the season. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is confident Mercedes will listen to him in future after the team ignored his pleas in France that sparked a four-letter radio rant. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton says that he doesn't see the need for Mercedes to drop Valtteri Bottas at the end of the current season. read more »
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Seven times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday he had opened contract renewal talks with Mercedes and gave a ringing endorsement of Valtteri Bottas. read more »
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Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that talks with Mercedes over a new deal are underway. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has confirmed that talks with Mercedes over a new contract are underway, as the Briton admits his desire to keep Valtteri Bottas as teammate. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says rumours that his relationship with Mercedes is becoming strained are "completely false". read more »
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
7th of December 2025
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- Drivers list
- Sebastian Vettel
- Daniel Ricciardo
- Lewis Hamilton
- Nico Rosberg
- Fernando Alonso
- Kimi Raikkonen
- Romain Grosjean
- Pastor Maldonado
- Jenson Button
- Carlos Sainz Jr.
- Will Stevens
- Roberto Merhi
- Felipe Nasr
- Max Verstappen
- Kevin Magnussen
- Nico Hulkenberg
- Sergio Perez
- Adrian Sutil
- Esteban Gutierrez
- Jean-Eric Vergne
- Daniil Kvyat
- Felipe Massa
- Valtteri Bottas
- Jules Bianchi
- Max Chilton
- Kamui Kobayashi
- Marcus Ericsson
- Robert Kubica
- Michael Schumacher
- Paul di Resta
- Heikki Kovalainen
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Lando Norris | 423 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 421 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | 410 |
| 4 | George Russell | 319 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 242 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 156 |
| 7 | Kimi Antonelli | 150 |
| 8 | Alexander Albon | 73 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | 64 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | 56 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | McLaren | 833 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 469 |
| 3 | Red Bull Racing | 451 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 398 |
| 5 | Williams | 137 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 92 |
| 7 | Aston Martin | 89 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Team | 79 |
| 9 | Kick Sauber | 70 |
| 10 | Alpine | 22 |