Red Bull driver Verstappen was set to take a podium at Monza, before a late clash with the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas resulted in a five seconds time penalty, dropping him to... 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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The Autosport team evaluates the decisions made by the stewards for the two high-profile incidents at the Italian Grand Prix, explaining why they were right to issue no action... read more »
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Sebastian Vettel does not want Ferrari to impose team orders on Kimi Raikkonen, despite Formula 1 title rival Mercedes' Italian Grand Prix instructions to Lewis... read more »
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Mercedes is sure a one-two finish could have been on the cards at Monza had Valtteri Bottas not lost time in a collision with Max Verstappen. read more »
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Former Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says fans of the team must remember its own history before criticising Mercedes using Valtteri Bottas to help Lewis Hamilton win... read more »
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Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen says he was disappointed by the boos directed to Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas at Monza. read more »
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen has accused Valtteri Bottas of being a hesitant overtaker and said Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel would have got past him cleanly at the... read more »
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Max Verstappen maintains he was innocent of any wrongdoing despite being penalised by the Monza stewards for crashing into Valtteri Bottas. read more »
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Dubbed a "sensational wingman" earlier this season, Valtteri Bottas says his Italian GP was not "sacrificed" in order to help Lewis Hamilton on Sunday. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas finished third to give Mercedes a double podium finish in Italy read more »
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Today's post-race press conference with Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas.. read more »
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Race winner Lewis Hamilton, along with Kimi Raikkonen and Valtteri Bottas, spoke to the media after the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says he was always expecting to run long at Monza and stressed his race was not "sacrificed" in order to help Lewis Hamilton. read more »
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Max Verstappen has blamed Valtteri Bottas for the coming together that earned the Red Bull driver what he deemed an unfair penalty in Formula 1's Italian Grand Prix read more »
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Valtteri Bottas: My race wasn't sacrificed for Lewis Hamilton read more »
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Max Verstappen feels he was unfairly punished for a late clash with Valtteri Bottas at the Italian Grand Prix. read more »
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Max Verstappen calls his five-second time penalty for a clash with Valtteri Bottas "not fair," but takes heart from Red Bull's pace at Monza. read more »
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Max Verstappen disagrees with penalty in Bottas in Italian GP clash read more »
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Mercedes deployed a moving bollard in the form of Valtteri Bottas to help Lewis Hamilton beat Kimi Raikkonen to the Italian GP win, while Sebastian Vettel cost himself any... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas qualified fourth for the Italian Grand Prix but was downbeat after admitting a lack of trust with his brakes, remnants of set-up changes aimed at improving... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas believes he effectively matched Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the end of Italian Grand Prix qualifying and only lost time because he had no tow read more »
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Valtteri Bottas could only manage P4 in qualifying in Italy, having struggled with the set-up of his Mercedes all weekend. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says set-up changes from Friday practice failed to produce key performance gains from his Mercedes as he remained off the pace read more »
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A very tight battle for pole position saw Kimi Raikkonen take pole position at Ferrari's home race in Monza. The Finn narrowly beat his team mate Sebastian Vettel,... read more »
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The Finn ended fourth fastest in the one dry practice session at Monza on Friday after completing just eight laps in the wet morning session. read more »
Brazilian Grand Prix
8th of November 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 | 380 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 261 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | 259 |
| 4 | George Russell | 250 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 245 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 221 |
| 7 | Oscar Piastri | 150 |
| 8 | Isack Hadjar | 105 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 79 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | 43 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Mercedes | 630 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 504 |
| 3 | Red Bull Racing | 380 |
| 4 | McLaren | 371 |
| 5 | Racing Bulls | 104 |
| 6 | Alpine | 74 |
| 7 | Haas F1 Team | 30 |
| 8 | Audi | 23 |
| 9 | Williams | 12 |
| 10 | Aston Martin | 7 |

