After Williams stuttered their way through the opening two races of the season, Valtteri Bottas reckons they can finally make good on their potential in Sunday's Bahrain... 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 believes Williams can prove it is best of the rest in Bahrain and deliver the maiden podium of his career read more »
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Williams' Valtteri Bottas qualified fourth and Felipe Massa eighth in the first ever night qualifying session in Bahrain. Following Ricciardo's 10-place... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says he is delighted to have finally been able to demonstrate the potential of the Williams FW36 after qualifying in third place for the Bahrain Grand Prix. read more »
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Nico Rosberg will start the Bahrain Grand Prix from pole position after outpacing his team-mate during the final shoot-out to secure the top spot. The German put the pressure... read more »
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Nico Rosberg secured pole position today for the Bahrain Grand Prix. He proved better in qualifying than his team mate Lewis Hamilton. Daniel Ricciardo was the fastest... read more »
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A Mercedes victory would be hard not to imagine happening in Bahrain after Lewis Hamilton topped all three practice sessions for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Briton led... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton continued Mercedes's good form by setting the fastest time during the final practice session ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton was a tenth of a... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says there was "no point" in completing lots of mileage during Friday's pair of practice sessions in Bahrain. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says the Williams team saw no reason to spend much time on track during Formula 1 practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday read more »
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Lewis Hamilton was fastest yet again as second practice came to a close in Bahrain, once again topping the times ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg. More to follow... FP2 Full... read more »
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The Williams F1 pairing of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas go into the third round of the championship having secured the team’s first double points finish since the 2012... read more »
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Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams has apologised after the outfit was caught up in a team orders row during the Malaysian Grand Prix. Felipe Massa was informed to... read more »
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The Williams team has issued an apology to its drivers and fans of the team after it attempted to impose team orders on Felipe Massa during the Malaysian Grand Prix. The outfit... read more »
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Claire Williams has apologised for her team's attempt to impose team orders in Malaysia by telling Felipe Massa to allow teammate Valtteri Bottas to pass. read more »
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Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams has apologised both to drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas, and fans of the squad, for Formula 1's latest team orders... read more »
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Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas are ready to put Malaysia's team orders row behind them after it was revealed that Williams apologised for the confusion created last weekend. read more »
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Felipe Massa has insisted that his relationship with Williams is fine, despite the team's attempt to implement team orders during last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix.... read more »
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Williams drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas say they have resolved their team orders row from the Malaysian Grand Prix. read more »
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Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas have offered differing view of the situation at Williams after their team orders row in Malaysia read more »
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Williams driver Valtteri Bottas reckons the Grove-based team has the potential to get ‘good points’ in Bahrain this weekend. read more »
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Sir Stirling Moss believes Felipe Massa made the right decision to ignore team orders in the Malaysian Grand Prix last weekend and not concede seventh place to Williams... read more »
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Williams drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas were keen to take the positives from Malaysia after finishing seventh and eighth respectively read more »
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Williams insisted they would have swapped Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa back again if Bottas had proved unable to successfully challenge Jenson... read more »
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Williams is sure that the team orders row that broke out between Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix has now been resolved. read more »
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
7th of December 2025
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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 | Lando Norris | 408 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 396 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | 392 |
| 4 | George Russell | 309 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 230 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 152 |
| 7 | Kimi Antonelli | 150 |
| 8 | Alexander Albon | 73 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | 64 |
| 10 | Isack Hadjar | 51 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | McLaren | 800 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 459 |
| 3 | Red Bull Racing | 426 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 382 |
| 5 | Williams | 137 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 92 |
| 7 | Aston Martin | 80 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Team | 73 |
| 9 | Kick Sauber | 68 |
| 10 | Alpine | 22 |