To all the world, it looked like Valtteri Bottas' exit from the Monaco Grand Prix was zero per cent his fault - but Toto Wolff disagrees. read more »
Valtteri Bottas news
Valtteri Bottas
| Team | Mercedes |
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| 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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It's a good job Valtteri Bottas climbed out of his car to retire from the Monaco Grand Prix, for the offending wheel nut is still stuck in place. read more »
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Mercedes will be unable to remove the front-right wheel nut from Valtteri Bottas' Monaco Grand Prix car until it returns to its UK factory this week. read more »
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Mercedes has confirmed the broken wheel nut which ended Valtteri Bottas' Monaco Grand Prix is still stuck on his W12 car. read more »
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After pole-sitter Charles Leclerc failed to start due to a driveshaft issue on his Ferrari, Verstappen was able to control the race from the front and record his first Monaco... read more »
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Mercedes has revealed the drastic action it will need to take to finally remove a wheel from Valtteri Bottas' car. read more »
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Mercedes will not be able to remove the damaged wheel nut from Valtteri Bottas' Formula 1 car until returning to its factory. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas' troublesome right-front wheel will only be able to be removed once Mercedes gets its Formula 1 car back to its factory. Bottas held second to Red Bull... read more »
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However, in Monaco the German bounced back in style.Having qualified eighth, Vettel crossed the line in fifth, both numbers marking his best performances of the season to... read more »
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Bottas ran second through the opening stint of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, sitting five seconds behind leader Max Verstappen when he came into the pits on lap 30 to change... read more »
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Toto Wolff has called for a "review of the design and material" of the Mercedes' wheel nuts after Valtteri Bottas' bizarre retirement from the Monaco Grand... read more »
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Losing a podium position was bad enough, but the manner in which it was lost bordered on the farcical, and Valtteri Bottas admits it must never happen again. read more »
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Mercedes say the bizarre pit-stop retirement of Valtteri Bottas at the Monaco GP was due to a damaged wheelnut on his tyre, with the Finnish driver urging his team to learn... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas was left dumbfounded by the wheel nut problem that forced him into retirement from the Monaco Grand Prix and damaged his F1 title hopes. read more »
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On Saturday, Norris had qualified fifth, which became fourth on the grid when Ferrari's polesitter Charles Leclerc failed to make the start.Norris chased after the... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas was left rueing a "big mistake" from Mercedes during his pitstop that ultimately forced him to retire from Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says he struggled to comprehend what was happening during the disastrous pit stop failure that ended his Monaco Grand Prix. Bottas ran second to Max Verstappen... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas' Monaco podium hopes ended in the pits, and it is a mistake which he says Mercedes must learn from. read more »
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With polesitter Charles Leclerc not starting the race, after the left-side driveshaft of his Ferrari (that he crashed in qualifying) failed on his installation lap, the door... read more »
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Bottas had hoped to take the fight to Red Bull's Max Verstappen in Monaco after seeing pole-sitter Charles Leclerc fail to start, promoting the Mercedes driver to second... read more »
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Max Verstappen won the Monaco Grand Prix of 2021, making most of the opportunity after the pole sitter and Bottas, his closest challenger, retired from the race. Carlos Sainz... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas entered the pits but did not come back out at the Monaco Grand Prix following further Mercedes issues. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has made it clear he won't be helping Lewis Hamilton in Monaco, saying he will "prioritise" his own result. read more »
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Charles Leclerc claimed a surprise eighth pole position of his Formula 1 career. His crash at the end of Q3 meant the likes of Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas couldn't... 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 |