Valtteri Bottas news

Mercedes is working on developments to improve its high-downforce performance in Formula 1 this year, but Valtteri Bottas does not expect them to be ready for the Singapore... read more »

Robert Kubica believes Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen, along with the Red Bull drivers, will play a "very important role" in the title run-in as F1 2017 starts to... read more »

Lewis Hamilton isn't looking for help on-track from Valtteri Bottas in his bid to beat Sebastian Vettel to the drivers' title. read more »

Bottas recovered from a poor qualifying to a good result at today's Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Today's post-race press conference with Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel. read more »

MONZA, Italy -- Valtteri Bottas says the Mercedes he took to second place at the Italian Grand Prix felt better than it has done all year, but believes the world champions... read more »

Valtteri Bottas feels that Mercedes "found a different kind of stability" at the Italian Grand Prix, but is wary the team cannot rely on such pace going… read more »

Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel assess the World Championship picture as the Brit becomes the leader for the first time this season. read more »

MONZA, Italy -- Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was surprised to see how much title rivals Ferrari struggled to match his team's pace at the Italian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton... read more »

A rapid start from Valtteri Bottas laid the foundations for his charge to second place in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas finished first and second in the Italian Grand Prix, but despite finishing third, Sebastian Vettel was more than half a minute back and also... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes "found a different kind of stability" with its W08 Formula 1 car at Monza, which allowed it to dominate the Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits Mercedes could not have asked for a better Italian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton led home a 1-2 with Ferrari a distant third. After a wild and wet... read more »

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a sunny Sunday afternoon at Monza where he led the Italian Grand Prix from start to finish. Valtteri Bottas completed the party for... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas' new contract with the team only needs to be "nailed and signed", with no doubt that he should continue alongside… read more »

The Mercedes driver will start fourth once penalties to Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo are applied, but he was more than two seconds off team-mate Lewis Hamilton on Saturday. read more »

Despite showing good pace through Q1 and Q2, a struggle to get his wet tyres switched on left Bottas sixth overall in Q3. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says it's too early for Mercedes to ask him to play a supporting role to Lewis Hamilton in this year's world championship. read more »

The Briton dominated first practice in Italy on Friday before falling behind team-mate Valtteri Bottas in second practice, but it was the pace of the Ferrari's in third... read more »

With the rain staying away from Monza, Valtteri Bottas was able to get his full programme of running done on Friday, and he ended up with the fastest time overall. read more »

The top four were all within four-tenths of a second in second practice at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on Friday. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has responded emphatically after his disappointing performance at the Belgian Grand Prix read more »

The second free practice session of the Italian GP weekend ended with Valtteri Bottas on top of the timesheet. The fastest man of the morning, Lewis Hamilton was less than a... read more »

Valtteri Bottas revels in set-up changes after topping Friday running read more »

Valtteri Bottas nicks P1 in second practice away from Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, finishing half a tenth clear at the front of the pack. read more »