Valtteri Bottas received a ceremonious send-off from Mercedes on Friday, as his five-season stay with the squad came to an end. Bottas joined the team in 2017 as a replacement... read more »
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Lewis Hamilton and Toto Wolff made their Mercedes return following the events of Abu Dhabi, while Valtteri Bottas was there too to say goodbye. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas is leaving Mercedes believing his time with the team has been 'in a way, a failure'. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas ended his Mercedes career with a sixth-place finish in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, with the Finn now moving on to race for Alfa Romeo in 2022. read more »
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Outgoing Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas believes the "messy" end to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was "not fair" on team-mate Lewis Hamilton. read more »
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2021 gave us amazing action on the racetrack, and captivating conversations on F1 Beyond The Grid. For this special episode, Tom Clarkson has picked his favourite moments from... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas was powerless to help Lewis Hamilton clinch the World Championship when it came to the crunch, says Jolyon Palmer. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas was "gutted" that Lewis Hamilton lost the Drivers' title, saying it feels like he "lost the championship because he lost it". read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has got behind the wheel of an Alfa Romeo Formula 1 car for the first time as post-season testing began in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou have both had their first Formula 1 runs with Alfa Romeo on Tuesday at the Yas Marina Circuit. Yas Marina is hosting two days of testing as... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas claimed he felt "like I lost the championship", after his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton missed out on the F1 world title in dramatic fashion at... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has admitted he's "gutted" for Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton after he lost the Formula 1 drivers' title to Max Verstappen on the final lap. read more »
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Mercedes has clinched Formula 1's Constructors' Championship for a record-extending eighth straight season. Lewis Hamilton ended the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in second... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says he's prepared to "sacrifice" his own chances of a good result to help Lewis Hamilton's Formula 1 title bid against Max Verstappen. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes "never planned" on having him slipstream Lewis Hamilton in qualifying as "usually it goes wrong" read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has revealed that he had to change to an older power unit ahead of Formula 1 qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix due to reliability concerns. read more »
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Mercedes has reached an agreement with Alfa Romeo for Valtteri Bottas to make his debut for his new employers during post-race testing in Abu Dhabi. Formula 1 is staying on at... read more »
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The third and final practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix saw Mercedes continue to dominate the proceedings at the Yas Marina Circuit with Lewis Hamilton compfortably topping... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas will start work with new team Alfa Romeo with immediate effect once the curtain comes down on his five-year stint with Mercedes on Sunday. read more »
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Valtteri Bottas has brushed off his Abu Dhabi Grand Prix practice contact with the wall at turn 14 as "a nice drift". read more »
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His Red Bull title rival Max Verstappen was quickest in FP1, but Hamilton set the fastest time of the day in FP2 at 1m23.691s.Abu Dhabi Grand Prix FP1 results: Verstappen... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas says he'll do what it takes to help Lewis Hamilton win the title as he'd "rather have my team-mate win than the opposition". read more »
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Championship leader Verstappen started the race weekend on the right foot as he finished ahead of Mercedes duo Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in FP1, lapping almost... read more »
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Max Verstappen topped the opening practice session for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, edging the Mercedes duo of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton. read more »
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Formula 1 title leader Max Verstappen set the fastest time during the opening practice session for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Verstappen clocked a time of... read more »
Brazilian Grand Prix
8th of November 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Kimi Antonelli | 380 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | 261 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | 259 |
| 4 | George Russell | 250 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | 245 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 221 |
| 7 | Oscar Piastri | 150 |
| 8 | Isack Hadjar | 105 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 79 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | 43 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 630 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 504 |
| 3 | Red Bull Racing | 380 |
| 4 | McLaren | 371 |
| 5 | Racing Bulls | 104 |
| 6 | Alpine | 74 |
| 7 | Haas F1 Team | 30 |
| 8 | Audi | 23 |
| 9 | Williams | 12 |
| 10 | Aston Martin | 7 |