Sauber’s new CEO, Andreas Seidl, has been noticeably absent from the paddock in 2023 as the team prepares for its future transformation into Audi’s works team by 2026. With the current driver lineup consisting of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyou, the team has encountered contrasting performances, particularly with Bottas, the more experienced of the duo,
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Valtteri Bottas endured a disappointing Spanish Grand Prix last weekend, with the Finn having finished P19 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Despite having been amongst the top 10 on Friday, Bottas severely struggled for any real pace throughout Saturday and Sunday, resulting in a Q1 elimination in qualifying. Bottas could only salvage 16th on the
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Valtteri Bottas couldn’t resist taking to the track this weekend even with the cancellation of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as the Finnish star showed his sporting prowess. Outside of his career in motorsport, Bottas has developed a keen interest in cycling due to his girlfriend Tiffany Cromwell’s career as a professional road and gravel
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok believes losing to Lewis Hamilton got the better of Valtteri Bottas during their five-year spell together, before the Finn decided to accept a new challenge at Alfa Romeo. Bottas was signed by the Silver Arrows ahead of the 2017 season following Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement, which he announced moments after
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Despite having not won a race since the closing stages of the 2021 season, Valtteri Bottas believes former Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton is “still the quickest driver on the grid”, with the Finn labelling the seven-time World Champion as “annoyingly talented”. It’s certainly been a challenging year or so for Hamilton, with the Briton having
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Valtteri Bottas has defended his old teammate’s success in Formula 1, arguing that it was down to his pure, natural talent, rather than a manipulated team order. Lewis Hamilton beat Bottas repeatedly throughout their time as partners on the grid, as the Brit took multiple world championships. Bottas and Hamilton raced in equal machinery, with
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Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton did well at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday to recover some strong points, after being eliminated in Q2 on American soil for the first time in his Formula 1 career on Saturday. After qualifying 13th at the Miami International Autodrome on Saturday, Hamilton would’ve likely laughed had he been
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Double World Champion Fernando Alonso has interestingly claimed that Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas could’ve been a five-time World Champion, had Lewis Hamilton run into issues with Mercedes. Alonso has had a few interesting words to say about his former team-mate at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, who he insists is “one of the best in
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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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Audi are in the process of buying Sauber, with the company set to have majority ownership by 2026, with former McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl having been brought in as the CEO of Sauber Motorsport to oversee the takeover. While much is known about Audi’s plans to enter Formula 1, what is still not confirmed
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