News Details
Mercedes confirms Valtteri Bottas for 2018
Valtteri Bottas will stay at Mercedes for another season, the team has officially confirmed. Bottas joined Mercedes at the start of this year as a short-notice replacement for Nico Rosberg. Rosberg retired five days after winning last year's world championship. However, the Finn was only given a one-year contract. That led to suggestions he was just a stop-gap, with the team eyeing a bigger name for 2018. Instead, in 13 races with the team so far Bottas has outperformed all expectations. He's scored 197 championship points so far and claimed two race wins (Russia and Austria) and two pole positions (Bahrain and Austria again). "We gave Valtteri a big challenge this year," said...
Full Story »
Full Story »
You May Also Be Interested In...
Mercedes confirms Bottas for 2018 season
– Mercedes has confirmed that Valtteri Bottas will continue to race...
6y ago from GPUpdate.net
Bottas re-signs with Mercedes for 2018
Valtteri Bottas will remain with Mercedes for the 2018 season, the team...
6y ago from PlanetF1.com
Bottas secures Mercedes contract for 2018
The Mercedes Formula 1 team has extended Valtteri Bottas's contract for...
6y ago from Motorsport.com
Lewis Hamilton completes 114 laps during Pirelli tyre...
Lewis Hamilton has completed a days running at the Circuit Paul Ricard,...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Pramac's Morbidelli still "missing freedom"...
No description available...
15h ago from Motorsport.com
F1 owner Liberty Media set to finalise purchase of...
Formula 1 owner Liberty Media are in talks to buy Madrid-based company...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Oliveira frustrated by "baby steps" as 2024...
No description available...
20h ago from Motorsport.com
F1 owner Liberty Media set to finalise purchase of...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
The good, bad, and ugly of IndyCar's half-baked...
No description available...
13h ago from Motorsport.com
Rasmussen, Siegel and Simpson complete oval rookie...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Rosenqvist: Confidence within MSR growing with every...
Felix Rosenqvist has started off his time with Meyer Shank Racing on a...
1d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Rising concerns in IndyCar over PFC’s braking system
No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On TotalWRC.com
How WRC Rally1 teams embraced the return of the...
No description available...
13h ago from Motorsport.com
Kenya president pushing for longer WRC Safari Rally
No description available...
11h ago from Motorsport.com
Neuville pips Tänak in Safari opener
FIA World Rally Championship leader Thierry Neuville took a slender...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
WRC Safari Rally: Neuville edges Tanak to grab early...
No description available...
18h ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
Episode 778 – The Preview
Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In...
59m ago from Arseblog.com
Barcelona looking to take advantage of 32-year-old...
There was a time in the not too distant past when Barcelona, one of the...
19m ago from CaughtOffside.com
FPL 2023-24: Best Fantasy Team for Gameweek 30 | FPL...
No description available...
9m ago from SportsKeeda.com
Arsenal Transfer News Roundup: Gunners eyeing Ismael...
No description available...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Comments
Hottest News
F1 News Today: Vettel CONFIRMS stunning comeback as Red...
Ever since Lewis Hamilton made the shock... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com
Norris reveals how Piastri is making him a better driver
Lando Norris believes Oscar Piastri is making him... Read More »
59m ago from SkySports.com
Poll: Should Lawson replace Ricciardo at RB?
Have your say on who you would like to see in the... Read More »
49m ago from RacingNews365.com