Valtteri Viktor Bottas (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑltːeɾi ˈbotːɑs]; born 28 August 1989) is a Finnish racing driver, who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Mercedes.

Ten Grand Prix victories. 20 pole positions. 67 podiums, 58 of which with Mercedes F1. A key role in five consecutive Constructors’ World Championships. A storied career. An icon of the F1 paddock. Valtteri Bottas returns to the three-pointed star for the 2025 season.

Dec 19, 2024 · Mercedes have announced that Valtteri Bottas will return to the team as a reserve driver for the 2025 season, after the Finn and Kick Sauber parted company following the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Jan 20, 2025 · Valtteri Bottas put pen to paper on a contract to race for Sauber in the F1 2025 season, it has emerged, only for the team to sign Gabriel Bortoleto instead. Bottas was left without a seat for...

Bottas blossomed at the Silver Arrows in 2017, unleashing his pace to clock up personal pole positions and victories as well as a team championship for the famous Mercedes marque alongside Lewis Hamilton. He even tied with Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel with 13 podiums.

Apr 7, 2025 · Valtteri Bottas helps ‘lost’ Kimi Antonelli regain confidence . Antonelli’s pace on Friday was nowhere near teammate George Russell, with the Italian roughly half a second off his best lap time.. Suzuka is a highly technical circuit and one that rewards drivers who take risks, as shown by Max Verstappen’s gamble on the lower downforce setup in his Red Bull.

Born: 28/08/1989 Nastola, Finland. The latest in a long line of Finns to have tasted the winners’ champagne in motorsport’s highest echelons, Valtteri Bottas entered into his second...

Apr 2, 2025 · Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes. Photo by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Images. At the wet Australian season opener – when Bottas was “following my first grand prix in the garage in the last 12 years ...

Dec 20, 2024 · Valtteri Bottas is returning to Mercedes as the team's new third driver for the 2025 season. The experienced Finn has been left without a race seat on next year's Formula 1 grid after being...

Valtteri Viktor Bottas (pronunciación en finés: ˈʋɑltːeɾi ˈbotːɑs, Nastola, Finlandia; 28 de agosto de 1989), más conocido como Valtteri Bottas, es un piloto de automovilismo finlandés. 1 Debutó en Fórmula 1 en 2013 con el equipo Williams, donde se mantuvo hasta 2016.