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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 completed just three laps of FP2 before retiring with an engine problem. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is hopeful Alfa Romeo's trend of "tricky Fridays" will not halt the team's charge up F1's pecking order after an engine problem cut... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says enduring problems during Friday practice is becoming a trend for the Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team. Bottas was forced to pull to the side of the road during... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is targeting more points this weekend in Spain, whereas Guanyu Zhou is hoping to bounce back from a disappointing retirement in Miami. read more »
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Alfa Romeo team principal Fred Vasseur has hailed "the perfect job" achieved so far by Valtteri Bottas following the Finn's emergence from the shadow of Lewis... read more »
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Marc Surer believes that Alfa Romeo have taken a step forward after replacing Kimi Raikkonen for Valtteri Bottas, following Raikkonen's retirement. read more »
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In Imola Valtteri Bottas had a fire in Friday qualifying and missed the whole of Saturday's FP2 session while his chassis was replaced, and then in Florida the Finn had a... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas denied the suggestion that his battles with George Russell on-track are personal. read more »
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Ralf Schumacher has identified the George Russell characteristic which will "bother" Lewis Hamilton. read more »
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Former Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has insisted his recent battles with George Russell have not been 'personal'. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has insisted Alfa Romeo has "catching up to do" with Mercedes in regard to its simulator facility. read more »
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As a Mercedes junior Russell was farmed out to Williams for three seasons, where he gained experience and showed the promise that convinced Wolff to promote him to a Mercedes... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas scored points for a fourth time in five races, but for the timing of the safety car and a small mistake it could have been fifth rather than seventh. read more »
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is on a roll. He took his second straight win on F1’s first visit to Miami, but Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz kept Ferrari at the top of both... read more »
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After slipping back to eighth on the opening lap, Hamilton managed to recover to sixth in the opening stint, and was closing on Alfa Romeo's Valtteri Bottas for net P5... read more »
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Alfa Romeo driver Bottas ran fifth for the majority of the inaugural race around the new Hard Rock Stadium track but says "everything changed" when the safety car was... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says his chances of taking a top five in Miami became unstuck after he was distracted keeping tabs on the batting Mercedes drivers. Bottas held a lonely fifth... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton says that he is "grateful" to have made it to the final qualifying segment in Miami on Saturday evening. The seven-time World Champion ended the... read more »
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Charles Leclerc edged out George Russell in first practice in Miami, but Valtteri Bottas brought out the first red flag of the weekend after crashing. read more »
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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was fastest in FP1 but he was a tenth slower than Russell in the faster FP2 as the track rubbered-in.The day was incident packed, with Carlos... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is keen to score another top ten finish this weekend in Miami to continue his strong start to his 2022 Formula 1 season. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is certain Florida will be "an incredible show" at this weekend's inaugural Miami Grand Prix. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says he expects to see "good racing" at the upcoming Miami Grand Prix, the race's first inclusion on the Formula 1 schedule. Last year, it was... 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando Norris | 423 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 421 |
| 3 | Oscar Piastri | 410 |
| 4 | George Russell | 319 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 242 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 156 |
| 7 | Kimi Antonelli | 150 |
| 8 | Alexander Albon | 73 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | 64 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | 56 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
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| 1 | McLaren | 833 |
| 2 | Mercedes | 469 |
| 3 | Red Bull Racing | 451 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 398 |
| 5 | Williams | 137 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 92 |
| 7 | Aston Martin | 89 |
| 8 | Haas F1 Team | 79 |
| 9 | Kick Sauber | 70 |
| 10 | Alpine | 22 |