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2023 Canadian Grand Prix weekend F1 driver ratings
2023 Canadian Grand Prix
Posted onMontreal’s mixed weather tested F1’s drivers last weekends and some fared better than others as a result. Here’s RaceFans’ driver ratings.
Bottas quickest in four-minute practice session stopped early by CCTV fault
2023 Canadian Grand Prix first practice
Posted onThe first practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix was effectively abandoned after four minutes due to a circuit CCTV failure.
2023 Spanish Grand Prix weekend F1 driver ratings
2023 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onOne driver dominated the weekend, while some of his rivals made crucial errors. Here are the RaceFans driver ratings for the Spanish Grand Prix.
2023 Monaco Grand Prix weekend F1 driver ratings
2023 Monaco Grand Prix
Posted onSome impressed with their ability to stay cool in Monaco, while others wilted under the pressure Here are the RaceFans driver ratings.
Bottas is team’s top scorer but Zhou makes case for a second season
2022 F1 team mate battles: Bottas vs Zhou
Posted onZhou Guanyu was out-scored by team mate Valtteri Bottas but his form over the season showed why Alfa Romeo kept him on for another year.
Bottas expects better in Baku after Alfa Romeo’s Monaco disappointment
RaceFans Round-up
Posted onIn the round-up: Bottas expects better in Baku after Alfa Romeo’s Monaco disappointment • Second Aston Martin car concept offers more development – Stroll • Miami Gardens residents drop lawsuit
Bottas pulls out of Race of Champions, replaced by Kimilainen
2022 F1 season
Posted onValtteri Bottas will not participate in this weekend’s Race of Champions in Sweden, after it was announced the Alfa Romeo driver was unable to take part in the event.
Bottas concludes his Mercedes chapter in Hamilton’s shadow
2021 team mate battles: Hamilton vs Bottas
Posted onValtteri Bottas’s final season with Mercedes proved to be his worst in comparison to Lewis Hamilton. But it was enough to take the constructors’ title.
Team mate battles 2020: The final score – Hamilton vs Bottas
2020 F1 season review
Posted onLewis Hamilton comprehensively beat Valtteri Bottas again, sealing his seventh title as he did, and ensuring his later absence due to Covid did not affect the title fight.
Bottas leads Hamilton as Raikkonen fire disrupts second practice
2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix second practice
Posted onValtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton in second practice, with the Red Bulls within a second of Mercedes’ times.
Verstappen shades Bottas as brake problem delays Hamilton
2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix first practice
Posted onMax Verstappen pipped Valtteri Bottas by three hundredths of a second in the first practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Team mate battles 2019: The final score – Hamilton vs Bottas
2019 F1 season review
Posted onValtteri Bottas stated the year strongly but couldn’t stop Lewis Hamilton winning another title. Here’s how they compared in their third year as team mates.
2018 team mates battles: Hamilton vs Bottas at Mercedes
2018 F1 season review
Posted onValtteri Bottas started his second season at Mercedes in good shape but Lewis Hamilton turned the tables and was dominating his team mate as 2018 ended.
2017 F1 team mate battles: Hamilton vs Bottas at Mercedes
2017 F1 season review
Posted onIn his first year alongside Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas started strongly, earned a one-year contract extension after the summer break, then slumped.
Silverstone test ends with Bottas still on top
2012 F1 season
Posted onThe second and final day of the Young Drivers Test at Silverstone ended with Valtteri Bottas’s Williams quickest of the two teams running.
Bottas fastest as Ma Qing Hua makes debut
2012 F1 testing
Posted onWilliams test driver Valtteri Bottas was quickest in the first of two days’ testing at Silverstone involving three teams.