Valtteri Bottas and George Russell have remained tight-lipped on who will be driving for Mercedes alongside Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2022, after both drivers gave a heavy indication that they know more than they are willing to divulge. Formula 1 opened the press conference at Spa on Thursday by pairing the Mercedes and Williams drivers
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Valtteri Bottas has revealed that Sir Lewis Hamilton has told him “quite directly” that he wants him to be his team-mate at Mercedes next year. The Finnish driver’s future at the Silver Arrows is far from certain, with Mercedes considering dropping him and promoting George Russell next year. READ: German Regulator Finds No Evidence Of
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that they let Valtteri Bottas down in this year’s Monaco Grand Prix. The Finn was running in P2 when he came in for what should have been a routine pitstop, but the attempted tyre change ultimately forced him to retire from the grand prix after a wheel nut
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Valtteri Bottas has opened up on what it was like joining Mercedes as Nico Rosberg’s replacement, just after the German won the 2016 World Championship. Rosberg’s decision to quit motorsport after triumphing over Sir Lewis Hamilton in that season’s title fight shocked the world of Formula 1 and handed Bottas a golden opportunity. READ: 2021
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he believes Valtteri Bottas and George Russell will have great options with “challenger” teams next year should they miss out on a Silver Arrows seat. Russell looks likely to replace Bottas at Mercedes, and it has been speculated that the Finnish driver could switch seats with the young
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Partnering Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell at Mercedes could be a costly mistake, former F1 racer John Watson has warned. Russell has been strongly linked with a move to the Silver Arrows for 2022, and it has been speculated that Bottas could effectively switch seats with him and return to Williams. READ: Wolff Confident
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Valtteri Bottas has said that Formula E driver Nick De Vries being linked with a move to Formula 1 is “not really” his concern. The Finn is facing the prospect of losing his Mercedes seat at the end of the season, with George Russell most likely to replace him. READ: Bottas Suggests Mercedes Could Have
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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has said that he can now laugh about the high-speed collision he suffered at the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The crash occurred as George Russell was trying to overtake Bottas for P9 on the run down to turn one, but the Williams driver lost control of his car after touching
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Valtteri Bottas’ post-2021 future at the Mercedes F1 Team is seriously in doubt, with Sir Lewis Hamilton already inking a contract extension and George Russell being strongly linked with a move to the Silver Arrows. Bottas joined Mercedes following Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement from Formula 1 after he won the 2016 Championship, and the Finn
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Valtteri Bottas was undoubtedly responsible for the turn one chaos at last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, which resulted in the race being red-flagged, forced a handful of cars to retire, and jumbled up the grid for the restart. The Finnish driver didn’t try to dodge blame, and he said he misjudged the conditions and consequently
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