The Finn became Hamilton’s teammate in 2017 and has now lost out to him in four consecutive seasons, with the Brit securing his seventh world title in 2020. While the 36-year-old has tended to have the edge on race day, Bottas has been incredibly competitive in qualifying throughout their time Read more…
Mercedes continued to set the pace at Monza with Valtteri Bottas posting the fastest time of the session. McLaren delivered the biggest surprise of the final practice with Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris ending up second and third fastest. 18 minutes had to pass before a timed lap appeared on Read more…
Mercedes has the first queue for the Grand Prix of Great Britain in its hands. On Friday the German team seemed to be struggling with the high temperatures, but now that it was ten degrees colder, Mercedes turned out to be out of control. ”I think the engineers did a Read more…
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix exposed the team’s ‘glass jaw’. The team laid down a marker to its rivals for the first race at the Red Bull Ring after topping every practice and qualifying session prior to Valtteri Bottas taking the win. But the race was far Read more…
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will race black-liveried Mercedes cars in the 2020 season as F1’s world champions make a powerful and visual stand against racism and for diversity. Mercedes have always run their cars in their historical ‘Silver Arrows’ trim but are making the change as part of a Read more…
In the latest F1 gossip, Valtteri Bottas‘ management holding talks with Red Bull and Renault, more details emerge about F1’s revised calendar, and Daniel Ricciardo “craving” chance to win again… – Valtteri Bottas, who is out of contract at the end of the year, is talking to Red Bull and Renault amid continued Read more…
Valtteri Bottas‘ contract expires at the end of 2020 and Toto Wolff does not want to talk about a contract extension for the time being. The Finn is therefore looking at his options and even a spot at Red Bull Racing is now being investigated. Every year Valtteri Bottas has to fight Read more…