Valtteri Bottas has revealed how he disobeyed Mercedes team orders to allow Red Bull's Max Verstappen to qualify ahead of him at last year's Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Verstappen led Red Bull to the top of the timesheets as the team enjoyed a smooth three days of running in Bahrain with the updated RB16B.Contrasting Red Bull's strong... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has revealed he nearly walked away from F1 after being the victim of Mercedes team orders in 2018. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has revealed he almost quit Formula 1 in the wake of the team orders furore surrounding the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has revealed he considered retiring from Formula 1 after being forced to hand Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton the win at the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. read more »

After a difficult start to testing, Valtteri Bottas was pleased that Mercedes recovered to make the most of the remaining days in Bahrain. read more »

Mercedes suffered a couple of setbacks across the three-day test in Bahrain last week, losing running on the opening day to a gearbox issue.Lewis Hamilton then suffered a spin... read more »

Mercedes says there is "a long journey ahead" to understand why its car seemingly lacked performance at pre-season testing in Bahrain last weekend. The reigning World... read more »

Mercedes is hoping it can hand Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas an easier ride for the season-opening Formula 1 grand prix after declaring its W12 a car that 'handles... read more »

Valtteri Bottas is ready for the season ahead, despite an underpromising few days of testing. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has expressed his relief at Mercedes' ability to make up for three hours of lost time across the final two days of Formula 1 pre-season testing. read more »

Valtteri Bottas still has his sights set on the 2021 Formula 1 drivers' title despite Mercedes appearing to be on the back foot in pre-season testing. read more »

The promising pace and reliability that Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez showed over the three days in Bahrain was in contrast to the difficulties that Mercedes duo Lewis... read more »

With the lead Mercedes over a second slower than Max Verstappen in pre-season testing, Valtteri Bottas has cheekily declared Mercedes must be "sandbagging". read more »

Valtteri Bottas confirms that Mercedes 2021 contender is proving to be a bit of a handful as he admits that the rear end is "snappy" and "unforgiving" read more »

Reigning Formula 1 World Champions Mercedes believes its rival Red Bull has a stronger car following the end of pre-season testing in Bahrain, as it raised concerns over both... read more »

Mercedes suffered setbacks on the first two days of testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, with drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas losing track time to issues... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has described testing in Bahrain as "definitely the most challenging start" to a season he has experienced in five years with Mercedes. read more »

Here from the reigning champion Lewis Hamilton alongside Max Verstappen, Valtteri Bottas, Yuki Tsunoda, Nikita Mazepin, Mick Schumacher and a selection of Team Principals. For... read more »

Valtteri Bottas topped the times during the second day of official pre-event testing. read more »

After a tough start to testing for Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas ended Day 2 on top with the fastest time of the day set during the afternoon session. Jump onboard with the fast... read more »

Despite a better Saturday testing session for Valtteri Bottas, he conceded that Mercedes still "need to calm the car down a bit". read more »

Valtteri Bottas says that the rear-end on Mercedes' 2021 F1 car is "quite snappy and unforgiving". read more »

Jolyon Palmer thinks Mercedes still have plenty of questions to answer despite Valtteri Bottas' improvement through the second afternoon of pre-season testing.  read more »

Valtteri Bottas has claimed the Mercedes W12 possesses "a snappy and unforgiving" rear end he believes needs calming down ahead of the season-opening Formula 1 grand... read more »