Valterri Bottas
A strong Friday showing for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team at the Circuit Paul Ricard
Valtteri finished the first session of the day in P1 with Lewis just behind in P2. In the second session, Valtteri and Lewis came home P2 and P3 respectively in the bright sunshine of Le Castellet. Valtteri suffered front wing damage when running over the sausage kerbs at Turn 2 early in the first session, […]
June 19, 2021 Motor Sports
Heartbreak in Baku for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
Valtteri finished P12 after the W12 struggled for grip all weekend. Lewis records a P15 after an accidental brake balance setting change caused him to lock brakes on Turn 1 when vying with Perez for the lead following a dramatic race restart with two laps to go. The race was red-flagged after an accident for […]
June 7, 2021 Motor Sports
Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team makes progress after a difficult start in Baku
The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team makes positive progress after a difficult start to the weekend in Baku with Lewis qualifying P2 and Valtteri P10 Lewis will start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in P2 after a stunning lap in Q3 having shown solid form throughout qualifying. For the second race in a row, Valtteri had a […]
June 6, 2021 Motor Sports
A weekend of harsh lessons for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team in #MonacoGP
Lewis finished in his starting position of P7 after dropping three places when a failed undercut left him vulnerable to an overcut from the cars behind, however he salvaged an extra point with the fastest lap of the race. Valtteri was forced to retire when a wheel nut issue prevented his front-right tyre from being […]
May 24, 2021 Motor Sports
Lewis takes sensational 100th career pole position with Valtteri in P3 at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya
Lewis achieves milestone of 100 career poles by 0.036s with stunning lap. Valtteri claims a strong P3, with just over a tenth separating the top three. The two Mercedes will start on the clean side of the track on the Soft compound tyre. Today marked the 129th pole position for Mercedes in Formula One, overtaking […]
May 9, 2021 Motor Sports