With Red Bull dominating the Formula 1 season, having scooped three victories out of three races, teams have come to Baku with upgrade packages in a bid to get back in the title fight. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff delivered on his promise to introduce updates to the W14, implementing a new rear wing endplate,
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas has criticised his fellow drivers for their lack of personality in the paddock, encouraging others to show their true selves, rather than some constructed image. In the last few years, only a handful of drivers in Formula 1 have stood out in the paddock, with Bottas becoming one of them this
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Kimi Raikkonen has built a reputation as potentially the most relatable driver on the grid, being unafraid to speak the truth and behave how he sees fits, despite the pressures of the sport. Alfa Romeo’s former team principal Beat Zehnder has recalled how, at the start of Raikkonen’s career in 2001, the driver nearly didn’t
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With his newfound attitude after leaving Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas is turning his focus to business activities outside of Formula 1, as he potentially prepares for life away from the sport. Bottas joined Formula 1, finding success with Mercedes from 2017-2021, as he won ten Grand Prix races and finished second in the Drivers’ title race
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Lewis Hamilton has revealed how happy he is to see former team-mate and friend Valtteri Bottas “flourish”, with the Finn being considerably happier since having left Mercedes. Bottas left Williams at the end of 2016 to replace Nico Rosberg at Mercedes, with the 33-year-old having remained there until the end of 2021. Whilst he claimed
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Valtteri Bottas’ home nation is getting increasingly concerned about the Alfa Romeo driver’s future in Formula 1, with the Finn having endured a nightmare start to the 2023 F1 season. Since leaving Mercedes for the Hinwil-based team at the end of 2021, things started very well for Bottas, with the 33-year-old having shown great pace
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Haas almost landed a rare podium at the Australian Grand Prix, as Nico Hulkenberg got close to P3 before a decision to revert to an earlier starting order for the final red flag restart saw him dropped back to seventh. While Hulkenberg missed out on his chance at a podium finish, the seventh place ending
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Since moving to Alfa Romeo at the start of last season, Valtteri Bottas has certainly let his hair down, quite literally! The Finn unveiled a new hairstyle during the recent winter break, with the former Mercedes driver having ditched his traditional look, for a mullet. Many expected him to ditch the extravagant design before the
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Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas is certainly loving life, with the Finnish driver continuing to look as relaxed as ever before, since leaving Mercedes at the end of 2021. Bottas has performed excellently since leaving Mercedes before the start of the new aerodynamic regulations, with the Finnish driver having played an integral part in helping
MoreAlfa Romeo’s pre-season testing in Bahrain ended on a high, with Valtteri Bottas finishing the third and final day of testing with the third-fastest lap time. Bottas’ team also completed a healthy 402 laps over the course of the three days, putting them in a good position ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The team
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