Damage limitation for Hamilton as the title lead swings again. Image credit: Daimler AG Valtteri Bottas took his first win of the season at a wet Turkish Grand Prix and successfully limited the damage to Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton's title challenge. The Finn dominated throughout in tricky conditions and emphatically made amends for his tricky … Continue reading 2021 Turkish GP report | Bottas wins as Hamilton is left frustrated
Hungary 2019, take two. Image credit: Motorsport Images What had been threatening to become a trademark soporific Spanish Grand Prix was reignited by a Mercedes strategy gamble, which paid off in the form of a fifth consecutive victory for Lewis Hamilton at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Saturday saw Hamilton claim his 100th pole position in … Continue reading 2021 Spanish GP report | Hamilton hunts down Verstappen to take victory
Two races down, two absolute classics. Image credit: Getty Images Max Verstappen took the chequered flag after a very eventful couple of hours in changeable weather at Imola for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. There was a downpour around an hour before the race got underway which left a tricky, drying track with some sections … Continue reading 2021 Emilia Romagna GP report | Verstappen wins frantic wet-dry race
If Valtteri Bottas is to become a world champion, he faces the unenviable task of beating Lewis Hamilton, in the same machinery, over the course of a season. That is something that the seven-time world champion’s varying teammates have achieved just twice, from 14 attempts; Jenson Button in 2011 and Nico Rosberg in 2016. Fernando … Continue reading How do you beat one of the best ever?
From the sublime to the ridiculous. Image credit: Getty Images The man who finished the opening lap in last place somehow ended up taking a maiden victory. And that sums up a crazy night under the lights at the Sakhir Grand Prix. In the absence of Lewis Hamilton - who is isolating after testing positive … Continue reading 2020 Sakhir GP report | Pérez takes surprise win as Russell is cruelly denied
A tale of rule-breakers and risk-takers. Image credit: Daimler AG Valtteri Bottas finally took his second victory of the 2020 season at the Russian Grand Prix, as Lewis Hamilton suffered a weekend plagued by drama. Things began to unravel for the championship leader during Q2 on Saturday. He ran wide during his first lap, which … Continue reading 2020 Russian GP report | Bottas wins as Hamilton is penalised
F1 comes back with a bang. (Literally.) Image credit: Getty Images It may have been an agonising 217 days since the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi but the much-delayed opening Austrian Grand Prix of the 2020 season managed to be worth the wait. By the end of qualifying, the main stories were clear - the … Continue reading 2020 Austrian GP report | Bottas wins madcap race with maiden podium for Norris
It's number six for Lewis Hamilton. Image credit: Getty Images A fine drive from Valtteri Bottas meant he took his seventh victory in Formula 1 at the 2019 United States Grand Prix but it wasn't enough to deny Lewis Hamilton his sixth world championship. After a poor Saturday - certainly by his high standards - … Continue reading 2019 United States GP report | Bottas wins the battle, Hamilton wins the war
Some questionable strategy but, nevertheless, Mercedes are champions. With Ferrari finding new and ever more inventive ways to capitulate, Valtteri Bottas came home a comfortable winner at the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix and sealed the Constructors' Championship for Mercedes. The result also confirmed that only Bottas or his teammate, Lewis Hamilton, can now win the … Continue reading 2019 Japanese GP report | Bottas wins as Mercedes seal title
Apparently Azerbaijan used up its quota of carnage on Friday and Saturday. Image credit: Steve Etherington Valtteri Bottas took his second win of the season and the championship lead after an impressive performance at a surprisingly uneventful 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. After an impressive start to the season with a dominant victory at Melbourne (albeit … Continue reading 2019 Azerbaijan GP report | The return of Bottas 2.0
