Valtteri Bottas has been discussing the mental hardship he went through while at Mercedes, and reveals that he almost walked away at the end of 2018. Bottas was promoted as a last-minute replacement for the retiring Nico Rosberg ahead of the 2017 season, and he would partner Sir Lewis Hamilton, who was eager to win
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An anonymous team principal is reported to have claimed that Audi have already struck a deal to take over the Sauber Group in 2026, but are holding back on the announcement. Audi and Porsche have had their interest confirmed by parent company Volkswagen in entering Formula 1 in 2026. That year will see new engine
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Valtteri Bottas has no idea what happened to his pace in Baku last weekend after he was out-qualified by Zhou Guanyu for the first time this year. Zhou qualified 14th, one position ahead of the Finn after Bottas had narrowly squeezed into Q2, and the young Chinese driver was also running ahead of Bottas for
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It was the worst possible Azerbaijan Grand Prix not just for Ferrari, but also for Ferrari PUs, as four of their powered cars retired from the race. Carlos Sainz was the first to retire from the race on Lap 9, the Spaniard ran straight on at Turn 4 after suffering from a hydraulic fault. Next
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas has conceded that he wondered how long his career might go on for while he was at Mercedes. Bottas won 10 races in five seasons with the Silver Arrows, and helped them to the Constructors’ Championship in all five years, securing 21 one-two finishes together with team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton. However,
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It comes as no shock to Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur that Valtteri Bottas has performed so well so far in 2022. Bottas has out-qualified rookie team-mate Zhou Guanyu in all of the opening seven rounds of the year, and he has scored points in six of them, the only exception being Jeddah, when
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Alfa Romeo, AlphaTauri and Red Bull have all been punished by the stewards for speeding in the pit lane during practice ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix. Throughout practice, the speed limit in the pit lane is set at 60kph, and is then raised to 80kph for the remainder of the weekend, and Yuki Tsunoda
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto believes that it will be impossible for the teams to stick to the circa $140 million budget cap due to inflation. The spending cap was lowered by a further $5 million this season as part of the new technical regulations, and it was lowered again to reflect the fact that
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas has quipped that he may just start rocking up to race weekends after practice following yet another issue in Monaco on Friday. The Finn was unable to take any real part in the opening practice session of the season in Bahrain in March, before an issue in Imola a few weeks
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas believes that the performance of the car during qualifying in Monaco is track specific. Neither Bottas nor team-mate Zhou Guanyu made it to the third qualifying session on Saturday, with Zhou rooted to the bottom of the timing screens in P20. Bottas ended up in P12 in Q2, meaning that, while
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