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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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Former Formula 1 World Champion Damon Hill believes Valtteri Bottas must employ every tactic he can to beat Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, including mind games. Although... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is the only driver who can prevent Lewis Hamilton from marching to a seventh Formula 1 title, according to Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc.... read more »
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has stressed that the marque cannot get complacent in the 2020 Formula 1 season in spite of its emphatic start to the delayed campaign. Mercedes has... read more »
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The only team to win races this season, Mercedes has already built up a lead in this year's titles races, but Valtteri Bottas says one never knows what could happen next. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton leads the Formula One world championship after three races and Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas already looks like the only man who can deny the Briton a... read more »
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FIA race director Michael has explained how Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas avoided a penalty for a false start at the Hungarian Grand Prix. read more »
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Damon Hill thinks Valtteri Bottas may need to resort to mind games if he is to wrest the World Championship advantage from his team-mate Lewis Hamilton. read more »
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F1 race director Michael Masi has explained why Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas wasn't given a penalty for jumping the start at the Hungarian Grand Prix. read more »
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Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas is disappointed to have lost out on second place this weekend in the Hungarian Grand Prix after a poorly timed start. read more »
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Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says he investigated a possible jumped start by Valtteri Bottas in the Hungarian Grand Prix, but confirmed the Mercedes driver was within... read more »
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Only one man can stop Lewis Hamilton from claiming a seventh World Championship this year, according to Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc - and it's not Max Verstappen. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas avoided a penalty for a jump start at the Hungarian GP, despite appearing to edge forward from his grid box before lights out. read more »
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Michael Masi says "one team" questioned Valtteri Bottas' apparent jump start in Hungary but accepted that it was within the "tolerances". read more »
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Race Director, Michael Masi has explained why Valtteri Bottas wasn't penalised for what appeared to be a jumped start yesterday afternoon. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has explained that a light on his dashboard distracted him during the start procedure at Formula 1's Hungarian Grand Prix, as he plummeted down the order... read more »
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Toto Wolff says Mercedes' decision to pit Valtteri Bottas late on in Formula 1's Hungarian Grand Prix was the only way he could have snatched second place from Max... read more »
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Mercedes F1 driver Valtteri Bottas was not penalised for a 'jump start' at the Hungarian GP because he was not judged to have moved too soon. read more »
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Lance Stroll reckons with the right strategy he could have challenged Valtteri Bottas for a podium at the Hungarian Grand Prix. read more »
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The 35th Hungarian Grand Prix saw Mercedes take another dominant victory with Lewis Hamilton controlling the 70-lap race while Valtteri Bottas fought his way up the order after... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas explains the fluffed start that compromised his Hungarian Grand Prix from the outset. read more »
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Today's post-race press conference with Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has revealed that he accidentally reacted to lights on his Mercedes' steering wheel at the start of the Hungarian Grand Prix, resulting in a slow start... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas said he reacted to a change on his dashboard rather than the lights after making a false start in Hungary. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has revealed a light on his dashboard in the cockpit was the reason for him reacting to the Formula 1 start lights prematurely at the Hungarian Grand Prix. 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 |