Bottas deletes Mercedes from Instagram profile
Changes have been made to the Instagram profiles of Valtteri Bottas and George Russell, removing references to their respective F1 teams.
Bottas has been on bad luck run ‘since Imola’
Valtteri Bottas said he avoided looking at the news after a difficult Sakhir Grand Prix, adding that his bad run has been going since Imola.
Mercedes have reacted amusingly to news that Valtteri Bottas and George Russell had removed their Formula 1 teams from their respective Instagram profiles.
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Second best to George Russell on the Brit's Mercedes debut, Finnish pundits believes Valtteri Bottas' "shares have collapsed".
‘Hamilton won’t want Merc to drop loyal No2 Bottas’
Valtteri Bottas need not worry that he'll be out of a race seat next season with former driver Marc Surer confident the team won't drop the "loyal" and "good" second driver.
‘Without the fact, I’d have looked like a fool’
Valtteri Bottas says if one doesn't know the facts and figures behind the Sakhir GP, he would look like a "complete c**t and a fool" for losing to George Russell.
Mercedes find ‘smoking gun’ behind Sakhir screw-up
Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin said an issue with team radio was behind the botched double-stack pit stop in Sakhir.
Wolff to talk with Bottas after failing to ‘shine’
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits Valtteri Bottas "did not shine" in what was a dismal Sakhir Grand Prix for the team.
‘Driver change unrealistic for 2021 but maybe in the future’
Despite winning the non-showdown showdown against Valtteri Bottas at the Sakhir circuit, Toto Wolff has quashed suggestions that George Russell should take the 2021 Mercedes drive.
Bottas’ race ‘destroyed’ by Mercedes pit-stop farce
Valtteri Bottas said Mercedes’ double-stack pit-stop blunder had “destroyed” his Sakhir Grand Prix after the team fell below their normal “bulletproof” standards.
Bottas clinches pole at a ‘Mickey Mouse’ track
Valtteri Bottas branded the Outer Circuit as a "Mickey Mouse" track after taking pole for the Sakhir Grand Prix.
FP3: Max’s turn to get the better of Bottas
Valtteri Bottas briefly thought he would get his first practice P1 at the Sakhir circuit in final practice only for Max Verstappen to pip him.
‘Not really the best day’ for struggling Bottas
Beaten by temporary team-mate George Russell in FP1 and FP2, Bottas admits that it wasn't a good day for him in Bahrain.
Bottas rubbishes talk of ‘showdown’ battle
Teaming up with George Russell for the Sakhir GP, Valtteri Bottas has rubbished any suggestion of this weekend's event being a "showdown" between the two.
Bottas jokes: ‘No food anymore for that black cat!’
Valtteri Bottas has joked the black cat he has been feeding recently is not getting any more food after another case of bad luck in Bahrain.
Why Mercedes only changed three Bottas tyres
Mercedes has explained their reasoning for why they only changed three tyres on Valtteri Bottas' car for his final stint at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Russell’s call-up ‘great motivation’ for Bottas
Valtteri Bottas has expressed the “great motivation” he has been given from having George Russell as his team-mate for the Sakhir Grand Prix.
Bottas found Q3 gap to Hamilton ‘confusing’
Valtteri Bottas could offer no explanation for why he had been comprehensively beaten by Lewis Hamilton for pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix.