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.
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes respond to Instagram profile mystery
Mercedes have reacted amusingly to news that Valtteri Bottas and George Russell had removed their Formula 1 teams from their respective Instagram profiles.
Will Bottas soon be on his bike from Mercedes?
What does the future hold for Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes? PlanetF1 readers have been voicing their opinions...
Has Russell made Hamilton keener to rush back?
Will Lewis Hamilton be keener to return in Abu Dhabi after George Russell’s impressive substitute display? PlanetF1 readers air their views
‘Bottas’ shares have collapsed after Sakhir’
Second best to George Russell on the Brit's Mercedes debut, Finnish pundits believes Valtteri Bottas' "shares have collapsed".
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.
‘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.
Bottas sees Red Bull as a threat in Bahrain
It was an unusually poor Friday for Valtteri Bottas in Bahrain, and he believes Red Bull are capable of causing a few headaches.
Bottas lost 2020 title by ‘fine margins’
Valtteri Bottas believes "fine margins" were at play after his chances of the 2020 World Championship slipped away.
Beating Bottas means little to Max
Red Bull's Max Verstappen said whether or not he beats Valtteri Bottas to P2 in 2020 means very little to him.
Hamilton’s secret to success in Bottas partnership
Lewis Hamilton believes learning how to be more of a "team player and a team leader" has helped him avoid any pitfalls in his partnership with Valtteri Bottas.
Wolff talks up Hamilton-Bottas combo
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes the combination of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas continues to work "really well".
Bottas ‘didn’t intend to offend’ with bat joke
Valtteri Bottas meant "no disrespect" to China or his Chinese fans when he joked that his worst day of 2020 was the day "someone bought a bat in Wuhan".
Bottas: Mercedes ‘supportive’ of mistakes
Valtteri Bottas has described the “really supportive and open” relationship with his Mercedes engineers – even though he rarely gets to see them face to face.
Bottas: Everything went wrong from lap 1
Valtteri Bottas says his Turkish GP was all about "surviving" as "everything went wrong" from the very first lap onwards.
Bottas will ‘try to beat’ Hamilton next year
The 2020 title fight ended in disastrous fashion from Valtteri Bottas' perspective, but he will try again next year.
Bottas found low-grip conditions ‘great fun’
With next to no grip during FP1 and FP2 at Istanbul Park, the drivers struggled, but Valtteri Bottas says he was enjoying himself.