Valtteri Bottas
Cadillac Formula 1 Team
2026 Stats
Points
0
Starts
3
Wins
0
Poles
0
Top 5
0
Top 10
0
Continued Struggles in Japan
Bottas finished 19th in the Japanese Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Suzuka Circuit on Sunday.
ANALYSIS
The veteran Cadillac driver would have struggles with pace all weekend and qualify poorly for the Japanese Grand Prix staring P20 on the grid. He'd fall back to last place due to being the only driver to start the grand prix on hard tyres. A lap 19 pit stop before the Oliver Bearman safety car would further hamper his efforts. Bottas could only scratch his way back to P19 after a couple driver retirements and would finish two spots behind his teammate, Sergio Perez.
The veteran Cadillac driver would have struggles with pace all weekend and qualify poorly for the Japanese Grand Prix staring P20 on the grid. He'd fall back to last place due to being the only driver to start the grand prix on hard tyres. A lap 19 pit stop before the Oliver Bearman safety car would further hamper his efforts. Bottas could only scratch his way back to P19 after a couple driver retirements and would finish two spots behind his teammate, Sergio Perez.
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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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Mechanical Failure
Bottas suffered a mechanical failure and finished 19th in the Australian Grand Prix Formula 1 race at the Albert Park Circuit on Sunday.
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No Grid Penalty in Australia
Cadillac's Bottas was hit with a five-place grid penalty in his final F1 race as a Kick Sauber driver at the end of 2024. However, it has been confirmed that the Finn will not have to serve that penalty in Australia, Formula1.com reports.
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Joins Cadillac Formula 1 Team
Cadillac have signed Grand Prix winners Sergio Perez and Bottas to be their drivers when the team joins the Formula 1 grid for the first time in 2026.
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Mercedes Reserve Driver
Mercedes have announced that Bottas will return to the team as a reserve driver for the 2025 season, after the Finn and Kick Sauber parted company following the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Formula1.com reports.
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Shaky final outing with Sauber
Bottas retired from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix F1 race at Yas Marina Circuit on Sunday.
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