Wolff praises Bottas’s ‘fighter’ mentality
Toto Wolff has praised Valtteri Bottas's mentality, and specifically his ability to handle being on the end of "insane" bad luck in 2020.
Bottas completes ‘amazing week’ in Arctic Rally
Valtteri Bottas completed an “amazing week” by finishing sixth in the Arctic Lapland Rally – his third straight top-10 result in that event.
Valtteri Bottas was on course to improve upon last year’s result after day one of the Arctic Lapland Rally, sitting eighth in the overall standings.
Valtteri Bottas has said he does not want to get involved in playing mind games like Nico Rosberg did with Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes.
Lewis Hamilton has said “it’s not easy being my team-mate” in launching another defence of his Mercedes colleague Valtteri Bottas.
Toto Wolff believes Mercedes must avoid knee-jerk reactions to driver performances after Valtteri Bottas’ roller-coaster season in 2020.
Bottas too ‘crap’ at Sakhir GP for Russell comparison
Red Bull driver programme boss Helmut Marko said Valtteri Bottas was too "crap" at the Sakhir GP to make a true comparison to George Russell.
Hamilton has ‘no need’ to stick up for Bottas
Lewis Hamilton does not think Valtteri Bottas has to defend his results in the 2020 season - or that he needs to stick up for his Mercedes team-mate.
Bottas selects race pace as biggest improvement
Despite his stronger record on Saturdays, Valtteri Bottas thinks that his race pace was actually his biggest improvement in 2020.
Bottas’ Mowing Service is a ‘life highlight’
Looking back on 2020, Valtteri Bottas joked that the Bottas' Mowing Service gag from the Austrian GP was a "life highlight".
Runner-up Bottas wants more than ‘small trophy’
Valtteri Bottas has admitted the “small trophy” he expects to receive for finishing second in this year’s World Championship “can’t be that satisfying”.
Wolff ‘hereby confirming’ Bottas for 2021
Valtteri Bottas is "going to race" for Mercedes next season with Toto Wolff officially putting an end to rumours George Russell could be in the car.
Mercedes duo ‘not aware’ engines were turned down
Neither Valtteri Bottas nor Lewis Hamilton were aware that Mercedes had turned down their engines in Abu Dhabi, saying Max Verstappen was just quicker.
Bottas stunned by ‘surprisingly quick’ Red Bull
Valtteri Bottas admitted Red Bull were "surprisingly quick" in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix having expected race pace to be "identical".
‘Poor Abu Dhabi GP would end Bottas’ F1 career’
Ralf Schumacher believes Valtteri Bottas' career is on the line and that a poor showing in the Abu Dhabi GP could end not only his time at Mercedes but also in F1.
Wolff explains his radio gee-up call to Bottas
Toto Wolff has revealed his gee-up call to Valtteri Bottas in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying had been requested by the driver himself.
Bottas: ‘As a team, we didn’t do 100%’
Valtteri Bottas echoed Toto Wolff’s words about enhanced teamwork after Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying – then said Mercedes “didn’t do 100%” as they missed out on pole.
Bottas: Hamilton’s infection ‘not that mild’
Lewis Hamilton is back after missing the last race due to testing positive for COVID-19, and Valtteri Bottas says his condition wasn't mild.
FP2: Bottas back on top in Mercedes 1-2
We were back to a familiar look at the top of the timesheet in Abu Dhabi as Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2 on Friday evening.
Bottas will ‘try to prevent’ Mercedes driver change
With George Russell banging on Toto Wolff's door, Valtteri Bottas is determined to "try to prevent" a driver change at Mercedes.