Valtteri Bottas news

Bottas edges Verstappen and Ricciardo on the final day of winter testing read more »

Valtteri Bottas ends pre-season testing on top for Mercedes ahead of the 2020 F1 campaign.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas completed the final session of Formula 1 pre-season testing at the top of the timesheets, ending the day with a 1m16.196s to beat Daniel Ricciardo's... read more »

Mercedes recovered from its difficult Thursday to go quickest on the final day of preseason, but a late Max Verstappen lap meant Red Bull finished just 0.073s behind the world... read more »

Valtteri Bottas tops the final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing on a day that saw teams loosen the shackles on their performance. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas ends pre-season testing with fastest lap - both on Friday's final day and overall. read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the pace for Mercedes as Formula 1 pre-season testing came to a conclusion in Spain on Friday. Bottas used Pirelli's C5 tyres to post a lap time of... read more »

F1 testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona has concluded with Valtteri Bottas and Mercedes topping the timesheet on the final day. read more »

Believing that the 'big three' will still dominate the start of the season, Valtteri Bottas admits that the games teams are playing in Barcelona are making it... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he is refusing to read too much into Ferrari's comments downplaying its pre-season Formula 1 testing performance, saying rivals often play "a... read more »

Mercedes suffered its first substantial setback of pre-season testing after Lewis Hamilton's programme was curtailed by an oil pressure anomaly on Thursday. Hamilton, who... read more »

Valtteri Bottas wants to start negotiations over a new F1 contract with Mercedes as early as possible in 2020. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he wants any discussions with Mercedes over a new deal to be handled smoother, and earlier, than in 2019. Bottas has been on rolling one-year contracts... read more »

As Valtteri Bottas once again faces an uncertain future, the Finn says he believes both he and Mercedes learned from last year's public speculation. read more »

Nico Rosberg has told Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas that he needs to put Lewis Hamilton on edge if he has any hopes of winning a world championship. read more »

Valtteri Bottas wants to avoid dragging out contract negotiations with Mercedes over a 2021 Formula 1 deal, believing there was "too much unnecessary talk" outside of... read more »

Valtteri Bottas knew about the DAS system for at least one year before Mercedes' made its public debut at pre-season testing. read more »

Mercedes' Dual-Axis Steering (DAS) system is legal says Valtteri Bottas as other Formula 1 teams begin to consider how to create a version of their own. read more »

Thanks to Valtteri Bottas's sensational lap, Mercedes continued to show its early dominance on Friday when the first week of testing concluded at Circuit de... read more »

Valtteri Bottas put in the quickest lap of the opening three days of 2020 pre-season testing on Friday with a 1:15.732 on the softest tyre compound - the C5. For more F1®... read more »

Valtteri Bottas said he has known about Mercedes' new dual-axis steering system (DAS) for "nearly one year". read more »

Mercedes' pace during the opening week of Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona looked ominous, as Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton ended the first week atop the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes' Dual-Axis System has been in development for over a year, and is hopeful that it will give the team a performance advantage. Mercedes fitted... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas are full of praise for the Mercedes team after a very successful first week of Formula 1 testing. read more »

Lewis Hamitlon praises the team effort at Mercedes that helped the team to finish the first pre-season test as the fastest two cars on track, Hamilton second to teammate... read more »