Valtteri Bottas admits it is “really annoying” to have been pipped to pole position by Mercedes F1 teammate Lewis Hamilton during qualifying for the Portuguese GP.
Lewis Hamilton left it late to claim the 97th pole position of his F1 career, pipping Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas with a late effort in qualifying for the Portuguese GP.
Valtteri Bottas completes Portuguese GP practice clean sweep by heading Mercedes F1 teammate Lewis Hamilton in a tight FP3 session at Portimao, as Red Bull close in...
F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says thrashing out a new deal to stay with Mercedes is not currently his main priority because he is “solely focused” on winning this year’s world championship.
Nico Rosberg says Valtteri Bottas “needs to step it up” against Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton if he is to have any chance of winning the F1 world championship.
Mercedes have a “lot of checks to do” but remain hopeful that Valtteri Bottas will avoid a grid penalty at the next race in Portugal following his retirement at F1’s Eifel GP.
Eifel GP qualifying was the latest sign of a pattern that is keeping Mercedes on its toes as Red Bull came the closest it has all year to inflicting a Saturday defeat on its chief F1 rival...
Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time in the first on-track session of the Eifel GP weekend, heading Mercedes F1 teammate Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.