Valtteri Bottas
Cadillac Formula 1 Team
2026 Stats
Points
0
Starts
8
Wins
0
Poles
0
Top 5
0
Top 10
0
Brake Fire
Bottas suffered a brake fire and finished 22nd in the Austrian Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg on Sunday afternoon.
ANALYSIS
Despite bringing a technical upgrade package to Austria, it would be a disastrous day for Bottas and Cadillac at the Red Bull Ring. While running in heavy traffic on lap 2, his car's brakes would suddenly catch fire and fill his cockpit with smoke as he entered turn 4. Bottas would bring his stricken car back to pit road where his fires would be extinguished by the crew. This was his third consecutive DNF and reliability issues loom large as F1 heads to the British Grand Prix next round.
Despite bringing a technical upgrade package to Austria, it would be a disastrous day for Bottas and Cadillac at the Red Bull Ring. While running in heavy traffic on lap 2, his car's brakes would suddenly catch fire and fill his cockpit with smoke as he entered turn 4. Bottas would bring his stricken car back to pit road where his fires would be extinguished by the crew. This was his third consecutive DNF and reliability issues loom large as F1 heads to the British Grand Prix next round.
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
In his first year with the Alfa Romeo squad Bottas captured 49 points and finished 10th in the standings. It was his first season without a podium finish since he joined the series in 2013, though. The Alfa Romeo squad was not able to develop their cars as much as some other contenders and Bottas lost ground in the championship positions as a result. His best results of the season came within the first nine races. Reliability also plagued him with five DNFs in the last 13 races compared to just one in those first nine. As a Formula One veteran with 10 career wins Bottas is certainly not a driver to sleep on in 2023, however. If the current pattern holds, he should be expected to get the most out of the car early in the year, but he and the team will need to continue getting more speed out of their 2023 car through the remainder of the season to finish higher in the standings than they did in 2022.
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Another Tough Grand Prix
Bottas suffered a mechanical failure and finished 21st in the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix F1 race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday.
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Brake Overheating
Bottas suffered a mechanical failure and finished 21st in the Monaco Grand Bearman retired early Prix Formula 1 race at The Circuit de Monaco on Sunday afternoon.
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5-Second Penalty
Bottas finished 16th in the Canadian Grand Prix Formula 1 race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Sunday afternoon.
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Drive-Through Penalty
Bottas finished 18th in the Miami Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Miami International Autodrome on Sunday afternoon.
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Continued Struggles in Japan
Bottas finished 19th in the Japanese Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Suzuka Circuit on Sunday.
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