Bottas: ‘No plan to play Hamilton support role’
Valtteri Bottas has said that no team orders are in effect at Mercedes at the Hungarian Grand Prix and there are "no plans" for him to play a support role.
Valtteri Bottas has said that no team orders are in effect at Mercedes at the Hungarian Grand Prix and there are "no plans" for him to play a support role.
Having told Valtteri Bottas not to attack Lewis Hamilton, Toto Wolff insists Mercedes would have made the "same call" had their positions been reversed.
Valtteri Bottas has said that he has accepted Mercedes' decision to call off the battle between himself and Lewis Hamilton at the German Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel held off Valtteri Bottas to claim pole position for his home race, the German GP, while a hydraulic issue sidelined Lewis Hamilton in Q1.
Valtteri Bottas qualified in P2 for the German Grand Prix but admitted that the Ferraris had the pace on Saturday afternoon.
After securing pole at Hockenheim, Sebastian Vettel spoke to the media, along with Valtteri Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen.
Valtteri Bottas only entered "serious" talks with Mercedes about next season at the British GP, saying it was all pretty straightforward.
Hot on the tails of Lewis Hamilton's new contract, Mercedes have announced that Valtteri Bottas has signed a "multi-year" deal to remain at Brackley.
Despite being winless through the first half of the 2018 season, Valtteri Bottas believes that his performances are living up to the high standards that Mercedes are setting.
Valtteri Bottas says he was on the same page as Mercedes when it came to the decision to leave him out on the track while those around him pitted behind the Safety Car at Silverstone.
Valtteri Bottas admitted that not coming in under the Safety Car may have been a mistake as he slipped from P1 to P4 during the British Grand Prix.
Valtteri Bottas is running his third and final penalty-free engine at Silverstone this weekend after Mercedes opted for a "precautionary" engine change.
Mercedes technical boss James Allison is hopeful neither Lewis Hamilton or Valtteri Bottas will be hindered by engine penalties at the British Grand Prix.
Mercedes are still checking for "unknown gremlins" that may have led to Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas' double DNF in Austria, hoping that it won't lead to engine penalties down the line.
It is only a matter of time before Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas commit to Mercedes for next year's championship, says Niki Lauda.