Valtteri Bottas news

Valtteri Bottas admits Mercedes was unable to match Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly's marathon opening stint on the hypersoft tyres at Monaco, where it struggled with... read more »

Valtteri Bottas feels his superior pace to Kimi Raikkonen was restrained stuck behind the Ferrari driver due to the limited overtaking opportunities at Monaco read more »

Bottas could do no better than fifth in a quiet Monaco weekend for Mercedes. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen joined the growing list of drivers calling Monaco "boring" and said he was "never worried" about Valtteri Bottas overtaking him. read more »

Valtteri Bottas will start from fifth on the grid for tomorrow's Monaco Grand Prix after struggling with grip in Qualifying. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has said that Red Bull are "out of reach" in Monaco after Daniel Ricciardo trounced the field in qualifying. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes he will remain with Mercedes next season as he has been "meeting those targets" set by himself and the team. read more »

Valtteri Bottas thinks he's doing enough in Formula One to extend his stay with reigning champions Mercedes. read more »

Valtteri Bottas feels Mercedes can fight for pole position in Monaco despite bracing for "the most challenging qualifying we'll face so far this year" read more »

The Mercedes driver failed to break the top five in either of Thursday's Free Practice sessions, but remains hopeful for an improvement on Saturday and Sunday. read more »

Valtteri Bottas will compete this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix wearing a Mika Hakkinen tribute F1 helmet design.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas pays tribute to Mika Hakkinen with one-off helmet design read more »

Valtteri Bottas will compete in this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix with a crash helmet bearing Mika Hakkinen's old Formula 1 design read more »

Valtteri Bottas is confident Mercedes has found solutions to avoid a repeat performance of its 2017 struggles in Monaco this weekend.  read more »

The Finn believes he is no longer experiencing races where he is vastly off team-mate Hamilton's pace read more »

Toto Wolff knows Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas need to find a good rythem if they want a strong result in Monaco read more »

Results might not have gone Valtteri Bottas' way so far in 2018, but the Finn believes he is performing at a far higher level than he was last season. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes he has eliminated the disappointing weekends that spoiled his first season with the Mercedes Formula 1 team in 2017 read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes he has been "more or less" hitting his targets so far this season and is happy with his pace compared to his rivals. read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas is happy with his performances, if not his results, during a mixed start to the 2018 F1 season read more »

Valtteri Bottas looks back on a successful in-season test for Mercedes in Barcelona and says that he cannot wait for the upcoming Monaco Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits he hopes his next Mercedes contract is a multi-year deal, or at least runs for "the next two years." read more »

Valtteri Bottas wants to avoid another one-year deal with Mercedes and firm up his Formula 1 future for "at least" the next two seasons read more »

Valtteri Bottas' chances of finishing Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix in second place or suffering a tyre blow out were "extremely marginal" according to Mercedes. read more »

Valtteri Bottas tops the timesheets at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya as first in-season test concludes. read more »