Lewis Hamilton finished top of the second practice session at Barcelona, 0.139s ahead of Valtteri Bottas and 0.165s faster than a fantastic lap from Charles Leclerc. read more »

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas set the pace in opening practice for the 2021 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix, 0.033s clear of Red Bull's Max Verstappen. read more »

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas went fastest to edge Red Bull's Max Verstappen in the first practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix. Reigning world champion Lewis... read more »

Valtteri Bottas heads Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton in a tight first practice session at the Spanish Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are covered by just 0.123s, as Ferrari pair shun softs for mediums at Barcelona. read more »

Valtteri Bottas outpaced Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton amid a competitive start to the Spanish GP weekend at Barcelona. read more »

Valtteri Bottas set the quickest time during a closely-contested opening practice session for Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has... read more »

Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheet in FP1 in Spain as Nikita Mazepin once again irked a rival and Robert Kubica brought out the red flags. read more »

Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton defended Valtteri Bottas as an 'amazing team mate' on Thursday after the Finn faced questions about his future... read more »

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has branded talk of swapping Valtteri Bottas for George Russell mid-season as "nonsense". read more »

Round 4 of the 2021 F1 season sees the teams and drivers head to Barcelona for the 2021 F1 Spanish Grand Prix. Can Lewis Hamilton make it 5 wins in a row in Spain? Or will Max... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has called for people to give Valtteri Bottas a break and says that the Finn is 'an amazing team-mate.' read more »

Lewis Hamilton gives his support to teammate, Valtteri Bottas, urging that the Finn's critics "give him a break". read more »

Lewis Hamilton has stuck up for Mercedes Formula 1 teammate Valtteri Bottas and urged critics to "give him a break" amid rumours about his future at the team. read more »

Valtteri Bottas shot down media speculation on Thursday that he could be replaced as Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes teammate midway through the season and said such talk was... read more »

Valtteri Bottas took a little dig at rivals Red Bull as he confirmed that he will see out the season with Mercedes. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has hit out following reports in the UK media that he could be dumped by Mercedes "mid-season". read more »

Valtteri Bottas has denied that he could be replaced at Mercedes mid-way through the 2021 Formula 1 season, labelling the rumours as "bullshit". Bottas, whose... read more »

Valtteri Bottas has rubbished reports that he could be replaced by Mercedes during the 2021 Formula 1 season, calling them "bull****". read more »

Valtteri Bottas has described reports that he could be replaced at Mercedes mid-way through the 2021 Formula 1 season as "bullshit". read more »

Mercedes won't jump at issuing team orders as they don't want to "get a down" Valtteri Bottas, says F1 journalist Lawrence Barretto read more »

In the latest F1 gossip column, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has dismissed speculation that Valtteri Bottas will be dropped mid-season in favour of George Russell. read more »

Ralf Schumacher thinks it "makes no sense" for Mercedes to think about ditching Valtteri Bottas for George Russell mid-season. read more »

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles said they were "foolish" with their timing to pit Valtteri Bottas and chase fastest lap in Portimao. read more »

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says he may stop his motivational radio messages to Valtteri Bottas after it failed to help his driver catch Max Verstappen in the Portuguese... read more »