Valtteri Bottas quickest in opening session in Baku, as Ferrari falters and Verstappen crashes. 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 topped first practice for Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix while Max Verstappen crashed his Red Bull during Friday's opening session read more »
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Valtteri Bottas topped the opening practice session ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Max Verstappen's scrappy start to the season continued with another accident. read more »
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Slipping and sliding their way around the Baku street circuit, Valtteri Bottas was quickest in Friday's first practice while Max Verstappen met the barriers. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas pipped Daniel Ricciardo to set the early pace at the Azerbaijan GP, but Max Verstappen suffered more misery as he crashed out of Practice One. read more »
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Bottas fastest in the first F1 practice session of the Baku weekend as Red Bull and Ferrari have more difficult sessions. read more »
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Max Verstappen crashes again - this time in Azerbaijan GP first practice, as Valtteri Bottas sets fastest time. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas brushes off speculation he could be replaced by Daniel Ricciardo at Mercedes for 2019, saying he finds the rumours "normal". read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is still "hopeful" that he has what it takes to launch a World Championship title bid and feels "one day it will come". read more »
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Williams reports a rise in the revenue of its Formula 1 team for 2017, aided by the deal brokered with Mercedes to release Valtteri Bottas from his contract. read more »
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Mercedes says it conducted its fastest pitstop under the current Formula 1 regulations in the Chinese Grand Prix, changing Valtteri Bottas's tyres in just 1.83 seconds read more »
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Saturday night in Shanghai and we're rolling into the best party in town, as Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas open the brand-new Mercedes Me store! read more »
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Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas recently filmed a new advert for sponsors Petronas, here is a little behind the scenes look at what went on with them. read more »
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has called on the team to "stay calm" and "get their heads down" but said Valtteri Bottas' race performance did offer... read more »
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Join Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Technical Support Engineer Salvatore behind-the-scenes on set for the shoot of the awesome new PETRONAS MOTORSPORTS commercial!... read more »
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Toto Wolff praised both Daniel Ricciardo for his optimistic overtakes in China, but also Valtteri Bottas for being clever to avoid a collision with the Australian as the two... read more »
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Though disappointed at the outcome, Valtteri Bottas believes that Shanghai was his strongest performance of the year thus far. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas should have won the Chinese Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel, Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen could have won it. But it was Daniel Ricciardo who stole the show... read more »
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Clever driving from Valtteri Bottas was all that avoided a collision with Daniel Ricciardo in the Chinese Grand Prix lead battle, according to Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto... read more »
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Daniel Ricciardo won a thrilling Chinese Grand Prix ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen read more »
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Today's post-race press conference with Daniel Ricciardo, Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen. 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 |