Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas claimed sixth place in the overall results during his latest foray into rallying in his native Finland. Bottas uses rally driving to... 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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Mercedes F1 Team's nine-time F1 race winner Valtteri Bottas finished the Tunturi Rally in sixth position which has been his third Arctic Rally finish in a row. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas completed an "amazing week" by finishing sixth in the Arctic Lapland Rally - his third straight top-10 result in that event. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas was on course to improve upon last year's result after day one of the Arctic Lapland Rally, sitting eighth in the overall standings. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says he is not a Nico Rosberg, and prefers to do his talking on track as opposed to playing mind games with his teammate. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has taken a swipe at the driver he replaced at Mercedes, claiming he “prefers to do the talking on track” by “racing fair”, rather than resorting to mind games... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has said he does not want to get involved in playing mind games like Nico Rosberg did with Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. read more »
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Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas says he has no interest in playing any mind games with team-mate Lewis Hamilton like his predecessor Nico Rosberg did read more »
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Lewis Hamilton has said "it's not easy being my team-mate" in launching another defence of his Mercedes colleague Valtteri Bottas. read more »
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Toto Wolff believes Mercedes must avoid knee-jerk reactions to driver performances after Valtteri Bottas' roller-coaster season in 2020. read more »
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Toto Wolff has praised Valtteri Bottas's mentality, and specifically his ability to handle being on the end of "insane" bad luck in 2020. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas believes his race pace was the area he improved on the most throughout the 2020 F1 season. read more »
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Red Bull driver programme boss Helmut Marko said Valtteri Bottas was too "crap" at the Sakhir GP to make a true comparison to George Russell. read more »
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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has claimed his failure to meet his targets over the past year has provided him with the chance to take "lessons learned" into a title... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton does not think Valtteri Bottas has to defend his results in the 2020 season - or that he needs to stick up for his Mercedes team-mate. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton believes there is no need for Valtteri Bottas to defend his Formula 1 performances through 2020, praising a "big showing" of his personality and... read more »
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes he saw enough in Valtteri Bottas at the end of the past season to suggest the "fighter" within will return in 2021. read more »
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Despite his stronger record on Saturdays, Valtteri Bottas thinks that his race pace was actually his biggest improvement in 2020. read more »
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Motorsport Monday presents its top ten Formula 1 drivers of the 2020 season - not an easy task when 13 drivers stood atop the podium, five of which recorded race wins - two of... read more »
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Despite Mercedes having an incredible year yet again dominating F1, Valtteri Vottas, who came in 2nd, quite possibly had the unluckiest year of any driver on the grid. Many... read more »
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An accumulation of poor luck conspired to hamper Valtteri Bottas's Formula 1 title challenge in 2020 as team-mate Lewis Hamilton took his record-equalling seventh title.... read more »
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Looking back on 2020, Valtteri Bottas joked that the Bottas' Mowing Service gag from the Austrian GP was a "life highlight". read more »
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Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas say that Red Bull's recruitment of Carlos Sainz will make the Austrian team a bigger threat next season. read more »
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Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has clarified why the team double-stacked Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton during an off-the-pace season finale in Abu Dhabi. read more »
United States Grand Prix
5th of May 2024
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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 | Max Verstappen | 110 |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | 85 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 76 |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | 69 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | 58 |
| 6 | Oscar Piastri | 38 |
| 7 | George Russell | 33 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | 31 |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton | 19 |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | 9 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT | 195 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 151 |
| 3 | McLaren Mercedes | 96 |
| 4 | Mercedes | 52 |
| 5 | Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes | 40 |
| 6 | RB Honda RBPT | 7 |
| 7 | Haas Ferrari | 5 |
| 8 | Williams Mercedes | 0 |
| 9 | Alpine Renault | 0 |
| 10 | Kick Sauber Ferrari | 0 |