Under crisp, clear skies at Imola, it was Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas got his Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend off to the best start, heading Free Practice 1 from his team mate Lewis […]
FP2: Bottas leads Hamilton under the lights in Abu Dhabi as Verstappen takes P3
Valtteri Bottas headed Free Practice 2 for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by 0.203s from his returning Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen taking P3, seven-tenths adrift – […]
Russell misses out on maiden Mercedes pole by 0.02s as Bottas stamps his authority in Sakhir
Valtteri Bottas pipped his substitute Mercedes team mate George Russell to pole position for the Sakhir Grand Prix by just 0.026s, as the Silver Arrows set a scintillating pace in qualifying, with […]
FP3: Verstappen beats Bottas to top final Sakhir practice as Vettel’s session ends early
Max Verstappen denied Mercedes a clean sweep of the Sakhir Grand Prix practice sessions by setting a benchmark of 54.064s in FP3, to finish ahead of P2 Valtteri Bottas and P3 Pierre […]
Qualifying report: Hamilton on pole from Bottas as Red Bull lock out the second row in Bahrain
Max Verstappen hinted he could be a thorn in the side of Mercedes in Bahrain in final practice, but when it mattered the Silver Arrows came to the fore, with seven-time world […]
FP3: Verstappen quickest ahead of Hamilton and Bottas in final practice in Bahrain
Max Verstappen threw down the gauntlet ahead of qualifying as he set the fastest lap of FP3 in Bahrain, to top the session ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in P2 and Valtteri […]
Hamilton beats Bottas to Portuguese GP pole with final charging run at Portimao
Out of nowhere, Lewis Hamilton delivered his best lap of the weekend to topple Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas and take a sensational pole position for the returning Portuguese Grand Prix… The […]
FP3: Bottas tops final practice at Portimao as Verstappen closes in on Mercedes
Valtteri Bottas made it a hat-trick of fastest laps in Portuguese Grand Prix practice as he set the benchmark again in FP3 on Saturday morning, just ahead of Mercedes team mate Lewis […]
FP2: Bottas quickest again as Verstappen and Stroll collide in Portimao
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas headed his second straight session on the Friday of the Portuguese Grand Prix. But the action in Free Practice 2 was dominated by not one but two red flag […]
FP1: Bottas leads Hamilton as the drivers get their first taste of the Portimao track
The first Portuguese Grand Prix weekend since 1996 kicked off with Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas fastest in FP1 ahead of team mate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, as […]
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