Tags: Valtteri Bottas
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Bottas back at work with ‘good feelings’
Valtteri Bottas is back reporting for duty with Mercedes and is optimistic about the season ahead.
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Sponsor axe is more harsh treatment for Bottas
The season has not even started yet and it already feels like the writing is on the wall for poor Valtteri Bottas.
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Bottas loses main sponsor after ‘weak result’
Valtteri Bottas has suffered an untimely blow after losing his main sponsor ahead of the 2019 season.
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Bottas backs Kubica to aid Williams revival
Valtteri Bottas will be keeping a close eye on his former team in 2019 and thinks Robert Kubica can help put Williams back where they “deserve to be”.
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Bottas must match Hamilton to stay at Mercedes
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said Valtteri Bottas need to perform at the same level as Lewis Hamilton in order to have a chance of staying with the team.
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Five drivers most under pressure in 2019
Going into the 2019 campaign, there are several drivers who will have to deal with a lot pressure when they get in the car.
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Wolff: Russia team orders ‘broke my heart’
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has admitted that the decision to swap their drivers around in Russia to give Lewis Hamilton the win was heartbreaking.
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Wolff: Bottas will have to ‘justify’ Mercedes seat
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said that Valtteri Bottas will have to “justify” his place in the Mercedes team.
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Mercedes keeping the faith in Bottas
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has described Valtteri Bottas as “our man” and no trust has been lost with him.
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Wolff: Bottas was key to 2018 dominance
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff claims neither the Drivers’ or Constructors’ Championships would have been won by the team this season without Valtteri Bottas.
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Bottas to make World Rally debut in Lapland
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas will appear in the 2019 Arctic Lapland Rally, marking his debut in the category.
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Bottas’ wingman role had ‘negative impact’
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has conceded that Valtteri Bottas’ ‘wingman’ role at the Silver Arrows had a “negative impact” in 2018.
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Hakkinen has ‘no doubt’ about Bottas’ ability
Mika Hakkinen has backed Valtteri Bottas to take the next steps towards success in 2019 with Mercedes.
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Bottas: A better 2018 than you may think…
On a broad scale, 2018 was a season of change…but some things stay the same: Mercedes dominance with Valtteri Bottas playing second fiddle.
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Bottas has ‘no’ interest in Rosberg advice
Valtteri Bottas has no interest in listen to any advice from Nico Rosberg, despite the German being the last team-mate to beat Lewis Hamilton.
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Bottas to ‘drive like I stole it’ in 2019
Acknowledging that next season could be his last with Mercedes unless he ups his pace, Valtteri Bottas plans to “drive like I stole it.”
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‘Bottas was the only slight flaw in Merc’s season’
The performance of Valtteri Bottas, who finished 2018 without a win on the board, was the only “slight flaw” in an otherwise incredible 2018 for Mercedes, says Ross Brawn.
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A new race engineer for Bottas in 2019
Valtteri Bottas will have a new race engineer for the 2019 season with Tony Ross moving over to Mercedes’ Formula E project.
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Bottas set early pace in Abu Dhabi tyre test
Valtteri Bottas put in the quickest time on the opening morning of the end of season Pirelli test in Abu Dhabi.
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Wolff fears 2018 ‘mentally damaged’ Bottas
Plummeting from second to fifth in the Abu Dhabi GP without putting up much of a struggle, Toto Wolff fears Valtteri Bottas’s 2018 season has left him mentally damaged.
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Bottas: Abu Dhabi slump sums up my year
Valtteri Bottas has said his race day in Abu Dhabi summed up his 2018 season well after he slumped to a P5 finish.
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As you were, no changes to Abu Dhabi grid
It may be the final race of a 21-race season but somehow the Formula 1 drivers and teams have managed to avoid being hit with even one penalty in Abu Dhabi.
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Bottas: ‘I really struggled’ during qualifying
Valtteri Bottas admitted that could not quite get his Mercedes where he wanted it during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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Qualy: Hamilton claims final pole of the season
Lewis Hamilton will start the season finale in Abu Dhabi from pole position having edged Valtteri Bottas in Saturday evening’s qualifying.
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FIA post-Abu Dhabi qualifying press conference
Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel were the top three drivers from qualifying, and they spoke to the media after the session.
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Bottas: Repeating last year is the goal
Valtteri Bottas has admitted that he is aiming to repeat last year’s Abu Dhabi race to claim his first win of the 2018 season.
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FP2: Bottas keeps the Red Bulls at bay
Valtteri Bottas dislodged Red Bull at the top of the FP2 timesheet ahead of the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
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Bottas not worried about 2020 drive
Valtteri Bottas says he’s not worried about losing his Mercedes seat at the end of next season despite reports claiming it is going to Esteban Ocon.
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Mercedes will ‘go for broke’ in Abu Dhabi
Mercedes head to Abu Dhabi for the season finale vowing to “go for broke” given that both championships are already in the bag.
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Bottas annoyed with ‘defensive’ driving
Forced to spend much of the Brazilian Grand Prix trying to defend his position, Valtteri Bottas saying it is “getting annoying” as it has happened too often.