Due to scheduling conflicts, Valtteri Bottas, the new Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver, has dropped out of the 2022 Race of Champions. The Finn was slated to compete in this weekend’s event, which will be hosted on a snow and ice course in Sweden, alongside fellow Formula One drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher. Emma Kimilainen, […]
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Valtteri Bottas reveals that he considered returning to Williams for 2022, but decided that Alfa Romeo was the better option for him. Valtteri Bottas has explained why he chose Alfa Romeo instead of returning to Williams in 2022. With his five-year contract with Mercedes coming to an end, the Finn claims that driving for the […]
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Valtteri Bottas won the Constructors’ Championship five times in a row with Mercedes, but he never managed to win the Drivers’ Championship. Valtteri Bottas has expressed “mixed feelings” about leaving Mercedes for Alfa Romeo after failing to meet his primary goal with the team. Bottas joined Mercedes from Williams for the 2017 season, following Nico […]
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As Valtteri Bottas left the Brackley factory, Mercedes gave him a fittingly dramatic farewell by lighting up the sky. Valtteri Bottas has retired from the Mercedes factory after five years of service with the Brackley-based team. The Finn, who was accompanied by his partner Tiffany Cromwell, sat in the rear of a classic Mercedes convertible […]
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Valtteri Bottas was upset that he was unable to assist teammate Lewis Hamilton in winning the championship in Abu Dhabi. Valtteri Bottas expressed his disappointment that Lewis Hamilton did not win the Drivers’ Championship in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as he believed his colleague deserved it on the day. Bottas finished sixth after starting […]
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Lando Norris qualified for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in a surprising third place, right behind title contenders Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. After qualifying directly behind the two title contenders, Lando Norris admits he’s undecided about whether to be aggressive or cautious at the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Norris finished third […]
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Following an investigation into the cause of the tyre problems that marred the Qatar Grand Prix, Pirelli has released their conclusions. Pirelli has released his conclusions following an investigation into why four drivers at the Qatar Grand Prix experienced front-left tyre failures. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas was denied a chance to battle for the podium after […]
Mercedes has admitted that Valtteri Bottas was correct in that a one-stop plan may have worked in Sao Paulo with hindsight. Six laps after his second pit stop, Bottas claimed over team radio that the team had “thrown away an easy 1-2” in Brazil because he thought he could have finished on his first set […]
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