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Bottas win Japan Grand Prix as Mercedes claim title

Valtteri Bottas roared to victory in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix as Mercedes clinched the Formula One constructors' championship and guaranteed themselves an unprecedented sixth consecutive title double.

Motorsport • 13 Oct 19

Bottas beats team-mate Hamilton to Barcelona pole

Valtteri Bottas delivered a statement of championship intent by blowing away Lewis Hamilton to secure pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 11 May 19

Valtteri Bottas has moved into the lead in the Formula One world championship

Bottas holds off Hamilton to move into F1 title lead

Valtteri Bottas held off Lewis Hamilton to win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and take the lead of the Formula One world championship.

Motorsport • 28 Apr 19

Valtteri Bottas shakes hands with second placed qualifier Lewis Hamilton

Bottas denies Hamilton pole in Shanghai

Lewis Hamilton was beaten to pole position for Formula One's 1,000th race by Valtteri Bottas.

Motorsport • 13 Apr 19

Lewis Hamilton edged his team-mate Valtteri Bottas by 0.112 seconds with a searing second lap of one minute 20.486 seconds that set a record at the lakeside circuit

Hamilton continues dominance at Australian qualifying

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton blazed to a record-extending eighth pole and sixth in succession at the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday to lead Valtteri Bottas to a Mercedes sweep of the front row of the grid.

Motorsport • 16 Mar 19

Lewis Hamilton starts the Japanese Grand Prix in pole position

Lewis Hamilton claims 80th career pole position

Lewis Hamilton put his Mercedes on pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix as another Ferrari blunder left Sebastian Vettel only ninth.

Motorsport • 06 Oct 18

Lewis Hamilton led from start to finish in Hungary

Lewis Hamilton claims faultless win at Hungarian GP

Lewis Hamilton dealt another blow to Sebastian Vettel's title hopes by winning the Hungarian Grand Prix and extending his championship lead.

Motorsport • 29 Jul 18

Valtteri Bottas has signed a new Mercedes contract

Bottas stays with Mercedes alongside Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton will be partnered by Valtteri Bottas next season after Mercedes announced the Finn has agreed a new one-year deal.

Motorsport • 20 Jul 18

Hamilton ruled from start to finish on Formula One's first return to France in a decade.

Hamitlon back on top after French Grand Prix victory

Lewis Hamilton has moved back to the summit of the world championship after winning the French Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 24 Jun 18

The Red Bull cars took each other out of the race in Baku

Action-packed Azerbaijan GP ends in Hamilton victory

It was a grand prix packed with incident as the defending world champion finally broke his barren spell.

Motorsport • 29 Apr 18

Valtteri Bottas led home a McLaren one-two

Hamilton unable to find a way past Bottas in Abu Dhabi

World champion Lewis Hamilton fell short in his quest to end his title-winning campaign on top after Valtteri Bottas won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 26 Nov 17

A jubilant Bottas on his return to the pits

Bottas wins in Austria as Vettel extends title lead

Valtteri Bottas enjoyed a dominant victory at the Austrian Grand Prix as Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton could only come home in fourth.

Motorsport • 09 Jul 17

Valtteri Bottas en route to securing the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi

Valtteri Bottas claims maiden F1 victory at Russian GP

Valtteri Bottas held his nerve to claim the first victory of his Formula One career as a frustrated Lewis Hamilton finished only fourth at the Russian Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 30 Apr 17

Bottas upstages Hamilton with Bahrain pole

Valtteri Bottas sprung the biggest surprise of the season so far after he beat Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain to secure the first pole position of his career.

Motorsport • 15 Apr 17

Valtteri Bottas