Valtteri Bottas
Finnish racing driver
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| March 2025 | Bottas conducted a private test in the McLaren MCL60 as part of a reserve driver sharing arrangement between Mercedes and McLaren. |
| 2024 | Ended the season 22nd in the World Drivers' Championship, becoming the last of the full-time drivers and failing to score points for the first time in his career. |
| 2024 | Reflected on his move to Sauber in 2022 as a 'mistake', noting the team's performance went 'downhill' after the first year. |
| 2024 | Began talks with Audi about a potential future seat ahead of their takeover of the Sauber team. |
| 2024 | Made his first Q3 appearance of the season, qualifying 10th, but retired from the race due to an engine failure. |
| 2024 | Bottas received a five-place grid penalty for a collision with Kevin Magnussen, leading to his retirement from the last race of the season. |
| 2024 | A wheel nut problem cost Bottas 28 seconds in the pits during a subsequent race, leading to a €5000 fine for the team on safety grounds. |
| 2024 | Bottas qualified 16th at the season-opening race but finished 19th due to a 52-second pit stop. |
| 2024 | Bottas' team, Sauber, underwent a takeover by Audi after the 2024 season. |
| 2024 | Bottas managed to drive the car into Q2 at the Hungarian, Belgian, Mexican, and Qatari Grands Prix. |
| 2024 | Bottas finished the season without scoring points for the first time in his Formula One career, placing twenty-second in the standings. |
| 2024 | At the Miami Grand Prix, Bottas qualified P16 and finished in the same position. |
| 2024 | Valtteri Bottas participated in the men's 35–39 age category race at the UCI Gravel World Championships held in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, finishing in 134th place out of 233 entries. |
| 2024 | Neither Bottas nor Zhou were re-signed for the following season, with Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto set to replace them. |
| 2024 | Bottas made his first Q3 appearance of 2024 at an unspecified race, qualifying 10th but retiring from the race due to engine failure. |
| 2024 | During the Qatar Grand Prix, Bottas qualified P12, while Zhou qualified P13, and Zhou finished P8, marking Sauber's first points of the season. |
| 2024 | At the season finale in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Bottas had a first-lap collision with Sergio Perez, resulting in a 10-second penalty, which ended his chances for a top-10 finish. |
| 2024 | Bottas and his teammate Zhou were retained for the 2024 season as the team rebranded to Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber after its partnership with Alfa Romeo ended. |
| 2024 | Bottas commented that the team's poor start to the season 'needs to be a wake-up call' following continuing pit stop issues. |
| December 2024 | Valtteri Bottas was announced to be re-joining Mercedes as a reserve driver. |
| April 2024 | Learned that Nico Hülkenberg was signed for 2025, which narrowed his options for a racing seat. |
| 2023 | Bottas suffered damage from debris, resulting in an 18th-place finish. |
| 2023 | He scored his first points of the season at the eighth round after starting 14th and finishing 10th due to a penalty for Lando Norris. |
| 2023 | Bottas started seventh at a race but finished 17th after a lap-one collision with Sergio Pérez and Fernando Alonso. |
| 2023 | At one race, Bottas started from the pit lane and, benefiting from eight drivers' retirements, finished in 11th place without scoring points. |
| 2023 | Following two consecutive retirements, Bottas finished eighth at another round, qualifying ninth and noting the team's improved understanding of car upgrades. |
| 2023 | Bottas reached Q3 again at one event but finished outside the points after colliding with Lance Stroll. |
| 2023 | Both Alfa Romeo drivers retired from a race due to reliability issues. |
| 2023 | Bottas reached Q3 at one event for the first time that year but finished outside the points. |
| 2023 | At the end of the season, Bottas ranked 15th in the World Drivers' Championship, scoring ten points. |
| 2023 | Bottas started the 2023 Formula One season by qualifying 12th and finishing eighth. |
| 2023 | Bottas finished 10th at round 14 after improving from 14th on the grid. |
| 2023 | Bottas' car broke down in qualifying at another race, leading to disqualification from the session for an insufficient fuel sample; he recovered from 20th on the grid to finish 12th. |
| 2023 | Bottas worked with Paul Ripke to create a nude calendar titled BOTTASS 2024, which raised $150,000 for the men's health organization Movember. |
| 2023 | After another 18th-place finish, Bottas noted improvements in handling with the C43 compared to the C42, though he felt it lacked performance against competitors. |
| 2023 | Bottas competed in the Race of Champions alongside Mika Häkkinen, representing Finland in the Nations Cup tournament, where they were knocked out by Team eROC's Jarno Opmeer and Lucas Blakeley. |
| 2023 | Alfa Romeo finished ninth in the World Constructors' Championship, with Bottas qualifying ahead of teammate Zhou at 15 of the 22 races. |
| April 2023 | Bottas qualified for the UCI Gravel World Championships by finishing sixth out of 24 entries in his age group at the Swartberg 100 gravel race in South Africa. |
| 2022 | Bottas qualified 12th at another race and improved to ninth in changing conditions but finished outside the points. |
| 2022 | Bottas qualified 12th at the following race, ending his streak of 103 consecutive Q3 appearances, but scored points by finishing the race eighth. |
| 2022 | Bottas returned to the points starting sixth and finishing tenth at the next race, followed by a ninth-place finish at another race despite qualifying 18th. |
| 2022 | Bottas joined Alfa Romeo Racing and retained his seat for the following season. |
| 2022 | At the Miami Grand Prix, Bottas qualified fifth and held the position ahead of both Mercedes drivers until lap 50. |
| 2022 | He started seventh at another race but retired after spinning into the gravel. |
| 2022 | He qualified seventh at the Spanish Grand Prix and ran as high as fourth in the race but dropped to sixth as his tyres degraded. |
| 2022 | He set a target of a top-five finish at the next race, which he achieved after qualifying eighth and finishing fifth. |
| 2022 | Bottas experienced three consecutive retirements at the Hungarian, Belgian, and Dutch Grands Prix, citing reliability issues. |
| 2022 | At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Bottas qualified and finished sixth despite a slow start that dropped him to 14th on the first lap. |
| 2022 | RaceFans praised Bottas's 2022 performance, stating it enhanced his reputation as a driver compared to his final years at Mercedes. |
| 2022 | Valtteri Bottas joined Alfa Romeo on a multi-year deal, partnering rookie driver Zhou Guanyu. |
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