2017 Russian Grand Prix winner Valtteri Bottas pulls out all the stops to snatch Sochi pole from his Mercedes teammate. 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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Valtteri Bottas will start from pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton, leading a Mercedes front row for Sunday's Russian Grand Prix. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas claimed his first Formula 1 pole position in almost three months in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix, leading a Mercedes lockout of the front row read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is Mercedes' surprise pole-sitter at the Russian GP after he outpaced championship-leading team-mate Lewis Hamilton. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas takes pole position for Sunday's Russian GP, with Hamilton second. read more »
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Mercedes confirmed their dominant performance from FP2 and FP3 and made it a 1-2 in qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. This time, it was Bottas who took the honours for... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas put an end to Lewis Hamilton's charge to an 80th pole position, grabbing the coveted grid slot by 0.1s in qualifying for the Russian GP. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas took firm control of Free Practice 3 for Mercedes, ahead of Ferrari pairing Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. read more »
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Finn Bottas finished fourth and second in the two Friday practice sessions for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix, believing that the team still has time to find in its... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas does not believe Ferrari's deficit to Mercedes in Friday practice for Formula 1's Russian Grand Prix is "real" read more »
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Mercedes may have pulled clear in FP2 on Friday, but Valtteri Bottas thinks Ferrari will respond later in the weekend. read more »
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Mercedes headed the second Formula 1 practice session for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton quicker than his team-mate Valtteri Bottas by two tenths... read more »
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Mercedes are unbeaten at the Sochi Autodrom since the race made its debut in 2014, with previous victories for Lewis Hamilton (twice), Nico Rosberg and Valtteri Bottas in the... read more »
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Home hero Sergey Sirotkin faced the media ahead of his first home Grand Prix, as well as last year's race winner Valtteri Bottas, and Sauber pairing Marcus Ericsson and... read more »
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Today's press conference with Valtteri Bottas, Marcus Ericsson, Charles Leclerc and Segey Sirotkin. read more »
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The 2017 Russian Grand Prix saw Valtteri Bottas take his first Formula One Grand Prix victory at the Sochi Autodrom! We caught up with the fast Finn to reflect on that epic... read more »
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The Sochi Autodrom - Home of the Russian Grand Prix and the scene of Valtteri Bottas' first ever Formula One victory! The Finn talks us through the challenges of a... read more »
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Although Toto Wolff admits Valtteri Bottas is in a "very difficult situation", he's convinced that in time the tables will turn to favour the Finn. read more »
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It was a fight to the Finn-ish line in Sochi! For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on Twitter:... read more »
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Recently announced 2019 Ferrari F1 driver Charles Leclerc and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas racked up the mileage in the latest two-day Pirelli tyre test at Paul Ricard. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas "needs some good results now" as he looks to boost his confidence at Mercedes. read more »
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After failing to win in the first fifteen races of 2018, Valtteri Bottas admits it has been difficult to keep his motivation levels up, although he knows he will have to so... read more »
Spanish Grand Prix
14th of June 2026
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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 | Kimi Antonelli | 156 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | 90 |
| 3 | George Russell | 88 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | 75 |
| 5 | Oscar Piastri | 60 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 58 |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | 43 |
| 8 | Isack Hadjar | 29 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 26 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | 26 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Mercedes | 244 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 165 |
| 3 | McLaren | 118 |
| 4 | Red Bull Racing | 72 |
| 5 | Alpine | 41 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 39 |
| 7 | Haas F1 Team | 21 |
| 8 | Williams | 11 |
| 9 | Audi | 2 |
| 10 | Aston Martin | 1 |