Tags: Valtteri Bottas
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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.
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History awaits Merc after fifth successive double
Wrapping up their fifth championship double in as many years in Brazil on Sunday, history and a record-breaking sixth await Mercedes in 2019.
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Bottas: ‘I did have the pace to be on pole’
Valtteri Bottas admitted that his Mercedes had the pace to be on pole for the Brazilian Grand Prix but he could only manage a P3 grid slot.
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FIA post-Brazil GP qualifying press conference
Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas, the top three from qualifying, spoke to the media after the session.
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FP2: Bottas heads Hamilton by 0.003 seconds
Valtteri Bottas headed a Mercedes 1-2 by 0.003 seconds after the second practice session at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Bottas ‘doesn’t realise’ Merc manipulation
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said it is like “Alice in Wonderland” having Valtteri Bottas in the team as there are no team politics.
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Hamilton won’t do Bottas ‘any favours’
Lewis Hamilton says he won’t be called on to return the favour Valtteri Bottas paid him back in Russia by handing his team-mate a race win.
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Bottas fully aware why Hamilton is quicker
Valtteri Bottas has said he has always fully understood why Lewis Hamilton is able to be quicker than him at Mercedes.
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Hamilton hails ‘greatest partnership’ with Bottas
Lewis Hamilton believes he has the “greatest partnership” with Valtteri Bottas, given their respect for one another and their teamwork.
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Bottas: We need to investigate tyre struggles
Valtteri Bottas has admitted that Mercedes will need to investigate the tyre issues they had during the Mexican Grand Prix.