Valtteri Bottas moved to play down his relative lack of performance, and a peculiar pit lane spin, during second practice for the Styrian Grand Prix. Bottas finished the second... read more »

Verstappen ended up 0.256s clear of Gasly and 0.422s ahead of his title rival, but all three might have been beaten by Valtteri Bottas had the Finn not run too wide through the... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has rubbished suggestions that his relationship with the Mercedes Formula 1 team has deteriorated after the Finn vented his frustration towards the team during... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has insisted he sees nothing to suggest his partnership with Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes "needs to change" with the Finn's F1 future on the line. read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has declared he "loved" the passion of Valtteri Bottas on the team radio as the Finn campaigned desperately to be switched to a... read more »

Toto Wolff revealed he had a "good discussion" with Valtteri Bottas after his dismal performance at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix but conceded comments of a... read more »

Max Verstappen put in a stellar performance to dominate the third and final practice for the French Grand Prix, beating Mercedes' Finn driver Valtteri Bottas.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will swap chassis for this weekend’s French Grand Prix, in a move the Finn says was pre-planned. Hamilton will run chassis #4 this weekend,... read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said the car was "nowhere" for Valtteri Bottas at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and so the Finn lost confidence. read more »

As Valtteri Bottas admits to having no explanation for his lack of pace in Baku, Toto Wolff insists the Finn wasn't sacrificed in favour of his teammate in qualifying. read more »

Valtteri Bottas states he has "no clue" where he is lacking pace around the Baku Street Circuit after he ended Saturday's qualifying session in 10th place. The... read more »

Valtteri Bottas admits to being surprised by Toto Wolff's claim that part of the issue with the Finn's wheel nut in Monaco was his failure to stop correctly at his... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he expects discussions with Mercedes over his future to open in the next month or so. Bottas has been with Mercedes since 2017 on a series of one-year... read more »

The Finn was forced to retire from the Monaco GP after Mercedes was unable to get his right-front tyre off during a stop.The wheelnut face had been machined off after the gun... read more »

It's been a rocky start to the 2021 F1 season for Valtteri Bottas and, following his second DNF of the season in Monaco, all eyes are on the Finn in Baku. Can he turn his... read more »

Bottas has endured a difficult start to the 2021 season, retiring from two of the five races so far to leave him fourth in the drivers' championship, 58 points off leader... read more »

Bottas had hoped to take the fight to Red Bull's Max Verstappen in Monaco after seeing pole-sitter Charles Leclerc fail to start, promoting the Mercedes driver to second... read more »

Valtteri Bottas says he feels he is on the backfoot compared to some rivals in Monaco on account of struggling to get the tyres in the right window for one lap. Bottas, who has... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has backed Valtteri Bottas to rebound from his difficult start to the 2021 Formula 1 season, stating the Finn has "enormous speed". After the... read more »

A report in the UK press earlier this week claimed that Bottas may not see out the season at Mercedes after a sluggish start to the year that has seen him fall 37 points behind... read more »

While insisting that only a bout of the flu will keep Valtteri Bottas out of his Mercedes seat this season, Toto Wolff follows the Finn's example and takes a swipe at Red... read more »

Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton defended Valtteri Bottas as an 'amazing team mate' on Thursday after the Finn faced questions about his future... read more »

The Finn brought out the safety car at the start of the second lap in Portimao after he ran into the back of Alfa Romeo team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi on the start-finish... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has called for people to give Valtteri Bottas a break and says that the Finn is 'an amazing team-mate.' read more »

Lewis Hamilton gives his support to teammate, Valtteri Bottas, urging that the Finn's critics "give him a break". read more »