Valtteri Bottas news

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Valtteri Bottas finished the second and final day of this week's in-season test in Bahrain at the top of the timesheets for Mercedes. The two days at... read more »

SAKHIR, Bahrain -- Valtteri Bottas set the pace on the second morning of in-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit. The Mercedes driver clocked up an impressive 79... read more »

Valtteri Bottas 'learned a few tricks' at F1 test read more »

The first in-season test of the year concluded on Wednesday, with Valtteri Bottas following Lewis Hamilton's Tuesday lead by setting the fastest time of the day. read more »

Bottas quickest as Ferrari and Red Bull encounter issues and McLaren finally has a good day. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he "learned a few tricks" during his additional running at the post-Bahrain Grand Prix test, as Mercedes continued its long-run… read more »

Valtteri Bottas edged out Sebastian Vettel on the final day of the Bahrain in-season Formula 1 test on Wednesday, and clocked up an impressive 143 laps read more »

Formula 1's first in-season test of the year comes to a close in Bahrain with Valtteri Bottas topping the timesheets for Mercedes. read more »

Valtteri Bottas heads second day of Bahrain F1 test read more »

Mercedes topped the timesheets for the second day running as the first in-season test came to an end in Bahrain. read more »

Valtteri Bottas posted the quickest lap time as the first in-season test of 2017 came to an end at the Bahrain International Circuit on Wednesday, ensuring the… read more »

Valtteri Bottas leads for Mercedes halfway through the second day of in-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas was fastest on the final morning of the in-season Bahrain Formula 1 test on Wednesday read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he is still in the dark as to why he struggled for pace during Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says despite Mercedes holding an advantage in qualifying trim he feels Ferrari currently have the stronger race pace read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas admitted he left the Bahrain Grand Prix feeling "strange" and confused given the way his pace had fallen away following his first... read more »

Lewis Hamilton said finishing second at Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix was more painful than his second place finish in Australia at the start of the season. Ferrari's... read more »

Toto Wolff claims it would be unfair to install Lewis Hamilton as a 'number one' driver so early in Valtteri Bottas' Mercedes career, but admits the situation... read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has labelled team orders as "tough" but says he understands why they were applied during the Bahrain Grand Prix. Bottas… read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists the team still believes in giving its drivers "equal opportunity" to race in 2017, though he admits it will have to consider team... read more »

Mixed emotions for Valtteri Bottas after the Bahrain Grand Prix, where a generator failure on the grid harmed his hopes of a maiden win in Formula 1. read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits that an order to let your team mate pass during a racing competition is the worst thing a driver could hear. The Finn was told by Mercedes to let Lewis... read more »

Mercedes has revealed that Valtteri Bottas' struggle for pace in the opening stint of the Bahrain Grand Prix was caused by a "perfect storm" of problems on the... read more »

Toto Wolff: Generator failure caused early struggles for Valtteri Bottas read more »

Despite starting with both drivers on the front row of the grid in Bahrain, Toto Wolff saw both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas drop behind Sebastian Vettel on race day. read more »