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• Lowdon: Cadillac has earned rivals’ respect after its first F1 race in Australia
After a strong Australian debut, Cadillac principal Graeme Lowdon says the team has earned its rivals’ respect and plans to build on a “really solid platform” for future success. General Motors brand Cadillac had a short run-up to the pinnacle of motor sport, and its 2026 debut at Melbourne’s Albert Park, having only gained its commercial deal with the sport in November 2024. The American team d...2026
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• Why Bottas won't serve 15-month old F1 penalty
Valtteri Bottas will avoid starting his Formula 1 comeback at Cadillac with a grid penalty incurred over a year ago thanks to a tweak to F1's regulations....2026
• F1 Veteran Doubts Sergio Perez’s Readiness As Valtteri Bottas Gains Early Edge at Cadillac
Why is Valtteri Bottas favored to beat his Cadillac teammate, Sergio Perez? Find out more about this former Red Bull driver's comments....2026
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• F1 Champion Rips FIA Over ‘Ridiculous’ Valtteri Bottas Penalty That Defies 2026 Rule Reset
Damon Hill slams FIA’s decision to uphold Valtteri Bottas’ carryover grid penalty ahead of his 2026 Formula 1 comeback with Cadillac....2026
• Valtteri Bottas’ Cadillac Era Begins With Brutally Honest Stake F1 Exit Admission
What did Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas say about his time at Stake Sauber? Read more about his feelings here....2026
• Cadillac Strengthens Bold F1 Ambitions as Zhou Guanyu Rejoins Valtteri Bottas for 2026
Chinese F1 phenom Zhou Guanyu returns to Cadillac, bringing Ferrari experience to back up Bottas and Perez in the team’s 2026 debut....2026
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• Why Bottas won't serve 15-month old F1 penalty
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• F1 Champion Rips FIA Over ‘Ridiculous’ Valtteri Bottas Penalty That Defies 2026 Rule Reset
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• 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images How McLaren responds after the Canadian Grand Prix tops the storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix After a week off, Formula 1 returns to action with the Austrian Grand Prix. However, a few teams likely welcomed the week away from the track. A dramatic collision between McLaren teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris knocked Norris out of the race, and dro...2025
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• F1 driver penalty points after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix incident

Photo by Jay Hirano/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images How many penalty points does each F1 driver have after the Spanish Grand Prix? After a thrilling Formula 1 triple-header, the grid has a chance to catch their collective breath before the next race weekend, the Canadian Grand Prix. And one driver has a chance to collect themselves after an eventful Spanish Grand Prix, a race that...2025
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• F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained

Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Images Formula 1 returns this week with pre-season testing. Here’s what to expect Formula 1 is back. This week the entire grid will roar to life for the first time since the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year, which saw McLaren capture their first Constructors’ Championship 1998. The 2025 F1 season is shaping up to be a transformative campaign...2025
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• F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?

Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Max Verstappen begins 2025 as the reigning Drivers’ Champion, but also the driver most at risk for a penalty ban The 2025 Formula 1 season is just a few weeks away. At the end of February all ten teams will be back in action at Bahrain International Circuit for pre-season testing, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix slated for Marc...2025
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• 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season

Photo by Zak Mauger/LAT Images As 2025 begins, let’s make some bold predictions for the upcoming F1 season With a new year come new opportunities. In the Formula 1 world, that means some new faces in new places and hopes for better performance in the season ahead. For those who cover the sport, a new year and a new season mean more chances to get some predictions wrong. But we forge on, a...2025
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Title fights and closing chapters lead F1 storylines for season finale

Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images The F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is shaping up to be an emotional weekend 58 laps. Four drivers. Two teams. One champion. After 23 race weekends could not decide matters, the 2024 Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship comes down to the final weekend of the season, the year-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren entered last weekend with a chance to clinch the...2024
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• Qatar Grand Prix: Max Verstappen wins as the Constructors’ fight shifts to Abu Dhabi

Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images The 2024 Constructors’ Championship will come down to the final race of the season Max Verstappen did what he needed to do at the start, and over the course of several restarts, to take the win at the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix. But the main story played out in his rear-view mirror, as the results at Lusail International Circuit mean that the 2...2024
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• Valtteri Bottas hit with grid penalty at F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Photo by Sam Bagnall/LAT Images Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas has taken a five place grid penalty at the Las Vegas Grand Prix Sauber is still seeking their first points of the 2024 Formula 1 season. If veteran driver Valtteri Bottas is going to deliver those elusive first points at this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand, he faces an even steeper climb now thanks to a grid penalty. The team announc...2024

• Valtteri Bottas won an F1 break for the second season in a row

He might not have a seat on the grid for next season, but Valtteri Bottas remains winning in the game of life Race car drivers are absolutely a different breed. It takes a special type of person to strap themselves into a rocket ship on wheels and push it to the limit, risking life and limb as dozens of other similarly-minded individuals do the same thing around you, pushing themselves to the lim...2024
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"The American team didn’t set the time sheets alight at 2026’s first race, with Sergio Pérez finishing 16th, up from 18th on the grid; while teammate Valtteri Bottas failed to finish from 19th."

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"The team launched their first collection with adidas on Thursday, with Wolff in attendance along with Russell, Antonelli, and reserve driver Valtteri Bottas, who makes his return to Mercedes after driving for Sauber the past few seasons."

2024
"Sauber currently has Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas in the fold, but both drivers are set to see their contracts expire at the end of the 2024 campaign."

2023
"The signs were there for a strong weekend from Alfa Romeo on Friday, when both Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas posted the two best times of the day among drivers on the medium compound."

2022
"The Valtteri Bottas of 2022 is a world away from the one of 2018, who almost quit F1 for good after struggling to keep pace with then-Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton."

2021
"Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton "seemed to open the sea" for Max Verstappen to lead into Turn 1 of the Mexican Grand Prix."

2020
"Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes Mercedes is clearly favouring Lewis Hamilton over his teammate Valtteri Bottas this year."

2019
"Valtteri Bottas finished fifth at the weekend's Artic Lapland Rally in Finland, winning a stage along the way."

2018
"Valtteri Bottas challenged ESPN to a race on his home turf in Finland."

2017
"Valtteri Bottas beat teammate and 2017 world champion Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Mercedes converted its impressive weekend pace into a front-row lockout."

• Sergio Pérez’s potential F1 return gets a boost from Jonathan Wheatley

Photo by Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images Sauber Team Principal Jonathan Wheatley has no questions over Sergio Pérez’s race pace A potential return to the Formula 1 grid for Sergio Pérez has been given a boost by one of his former bosses. Sauber Team Principal Jonathan Wheatley, who took that role after years as the Sporting Director at Red Bull, told the official F1 channel that he has...2025
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• Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Making sense of the Max Verstappen to Mercedes rumors Formula 1’s silly season kicked into high gear early a season ago, with Lewis Hamilton’s shocking decision to leave Mercedes at the end of the 2024 campaign and move to Ferrari. Could another champion be headed to his former team? F1 is ablaze this week with rumors of Max Verstappen making a shocking...2025
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• Sergio Pérez talks Red Bull departure and his F1 future

Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Former Red Bull driver Sergio Pérez opened up about his departure from Red Bull and his potential return to the grid The 2024 Formula 1 season saw Red Bull slip from the top of the Constructors’ Championship standings as McLaren claimed top honors, denying Red Bull a third consecutive title. Now one of their former drivers is opening up on where things w...2025
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• 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix
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• What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?

Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images With Cadillac confirmed for the 2026 F1 season, what does the driver lineup look like for next year? The 2024 Formula 1 driver transfer season kicked into gear with a stunning decision: Lewis Hamilton’s announcement that he was going to leave Mercedes and drive for Ferrari starting in 2025. Over the following weeks, intrigue followed the sport as the driver sil...2025
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• F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
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• Valtteri Bottas returns to Mercedes F1

Photo by Steve Etherington/LAT Images What’s next for Valtteri Bottas? A trip home to Mercedes Valtteri Bottas is coming home. The Finnish driver announced on Thursday that he was returning to Mercedes for the Formula 1 season, as the team’s reserve driver. Bottas spent five F1 seasons driving for Mercedes alongside Lewis Hamilton, helping the team win five consecutive F1 Constructors’ Cha...2024
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• Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Title fights and closing chapters lead F1 storylines for season finale
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• Valtteri Bottas would ‘consider’ a return to Mercedes as a reserve driver

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images At the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas admitted that a return to Mercedes as a reserve could be on the table With the 2024 Formula 1 season winding down, there are a few small matters of business left to be decided regarding the 2025 driver grid. One of those seats? The second spot at Sauber alongside Nico Hülkenberg. While the team has already c...2024
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• Max Verstappen is locked into his toughest streak in years

Photo by Jayce Illman/Getty Images If you wanted another example of Max Verstappen’s brilliance over the past six F1 seasons, here it is While Max Verstappen claimed victory in the F1 Sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend, he only managed a fourth-place finish in the main event on Sunday. Verstappen started in P4 when the lights went out, and while he gave it every effort to c...2025
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• Valtteri Bottas participates in Mercedes test as rumors swirl over his F1 future

Mercedes reserve Valtteri Bottas is completing a test session with the team as rumors over his F1 future continue Valtteri Bottas may be serving as a reserve driver for Mercedes right now, but his potential Formula 1 future remains one of the major discussion points in the paddock. With the veteran driver linked to both the incoming Cadillac team for next season, and a potential move to Alpine for...2025
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• Sergio Pérez’s potential F1 return gets a boost from Jonathan Wheatley
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• Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?
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• Sergio Pérez talks Red Bull departure and his F1 future
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• 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix
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• F1 driver penalty points after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix incident
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• What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?
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• F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
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• F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?
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• Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?
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• Valtteri Bottas hints at F1 future on social media

Photo by Stefano Facchin/Alessio Morgese //NurPhoto via Getty Images In a video on social media Valtteri Bottas gave his biggest hint yet regarding his F1 future The 2026 Formula 1 season will look very different than the current campaign. In addition to new technical regulations that will shake up the grid, the number of teams will expand by one with the arrival of Cadillac. That means th...2025
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• F1 driver penalty points after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix incident
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• Cadillac’s Graeme Lowdon lists Colton Herta and Jak Crawford as F1 options for 2026

Photo by Steven Tee/LAT Images American drivers Colton Herta and Jak Crawford are among the options for the incoming Cadillac F1 team in 2026 Now that Cadillac’s entry as the 11th Formula 1 team has officially been confirmed for the 2026 season, they can turn their attention to getting ready for the upcoming campaign. Which includes building a car for the track, and hiring drivers to climb...2025
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• Toto Wolff hails Mercedes F1’s reinvention ahead of 2025 season

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff talked Lewis Hamilton and more as the team launched their adidas kit for the 2025 F1 season Mercedes is ushering in a new era this Formula 1 season. With living legend Lewis Hamilton beginning his journey at Ferrari after departing the team, Mercedes is turning to young phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli to drive alongside George Russell. In addition, the team welcomed a new clo...2025
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• Lewis Hamilton grabs pole and more winners and losers from qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix
Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Hamilton was one of the big winners from qualifying on Saturday at the Hungaroring In recent weeks, qualifying sessions have provided some thrills for Formula 1 fans. Saturday in Budapest was no different. Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix is in the books, and for just the second time this year a non-Red Bull car will be at the front of the grid. L...2023
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• Horner: It's obvious Mercedes favours Hamilton over Bottas
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• Valtteri Bottas unveils incredible Pac-Man helmet for the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix
Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images Bottas’ helmet is one of many sleek designs for F1’s marquee event The Monaco Grand Prix is the marquee event of the Formula 1 season, which often leads to drivers pulling out all the stops both on the track, and off it. Perhaps the clubhouse leader in the helmet category this week is Valtteri Bottas. The Alfa Romeo driver unveiled his incredible Pac-Man in...2023
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• Bottas beats Hamilton to pole as Ferrari flops in Austria
Valtteri Bottas secured pole position for the opening race of the 2020 Formula One season, beating teammate Lewis Hamilton to pole position by 0.012s, while Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel failed to make it out of the second qualifying session....2020
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• Mercedes 'opened the sea' for Verstappen at T1

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• Valtteri Bottas sums up the end of FP2 perfectly
The rain finally came during practice for the Canadian Grand Prix, and Valtteri Bottas set the scene perfectly Friday featured a bizarre pair of practice sessions ahead of the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix. The first practice session drew to a close after just four minutes, as Formula 1 officials dealt with a failure of the track’s CCTV system. Race officials in Montreal could not fix the issue, and t...2023
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• Bottas says Mercedes was 'sleeping' when Verstappen got ahead
Valtteri Bottas said Mercedes left the door wide open for Max Verstappen to win the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix....2020
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• Ocon on his new start at Renault, his relationship with Verstappen and how close he came to a Mercedes drive
New Renault driver Esteban Ocon talks to ESPN about his year on the sidelines, how close he came to taking Valtteri Bottas' drive at Mercedes this year and how he thinks he stacks up against the likes of Verstappen and Leclerc....2020
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• Lowdon: Cadillac has earned rivals’ respect after its first F1 race in Australia
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• Why Bottas won't serve 15-month old F1 penalty
2026
• Colton Herta Named Cadillac F1 Test Driver

He joins Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas, the team's in-race drivers....2025
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• Why Cadillac chose Bottas, Pérez (and not an American) for F1 seats
There won't be an American behind the wheel of Cadillac's F1 car, but in Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas, there's plenty of race-winning experience....2025
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• Cadillac confirm Pérez, Bottas for 2026 F1 debut
Cadillac has confirmed Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas will form its driver lineup for its Formula 1 debut season in 2026....2025
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• Max Verstappen is locked into his toughest streak in years
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• Valtteri Bottas participates in Mercedes test as rumors swirl over his F1 future
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• Sergio Pérez’s potential F1 return gets a boost from Jonathan Wheatley
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• Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?
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• Cadillac F1 ‘advancing discussions’ with several drivers for next season

Photo by Song Haiyuan/Paddocker/NurPhoto via Getty Images The incoming Cadillac F1 team is getting closer to naming their drivers Next season the Formula 1 grid grows by one team, as Cadillac joins the sport to become the 11th team. The addition of a new F1 team means there are two open seats to be filled during the driver “silly season,” which has led to a tremendous amount of speculation...2025
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• Valtteri Bottas hints at F1 future on social media
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• What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?
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• Valtteri Bottas returns to Mercedes F1
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• Lewis Hamilton reflects on ‘emotional’ final F1 season with Mercedes ahead of Abu Dhabi GP

Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images Ahead of the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton looked back at his years with Mercedes, and an ‘emotional’ final season with the team This weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks not just the end of the 2024 Formula 1 season, but also several closing chapters in the sport. Drivers such as Kevin Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu, and Valtteri Bottas will be leaving f...2024
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• Sauber completes their driver lineup for 2025 F1 season with Gabriel Bortoleto

Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Gabriel Bortoleto earns a full-time seat with Sauber Sauber ended months of speculation on Wednesday, filling out their driver lineup for the 2025 Formula 1 season. Welcome to the grid, Gabriel Bortoleto. After announcing back in the sprint that veteran driver Nico Hülkenberg would move to the team for the 2025 season, a year before Sauber becomes the Audi ...2024
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• Daniel Ricciardo’s last stand

Photo by Clive Rose - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images The Singapore Grand Prix begins with Daniel Ricciardo facing an uncertain F1 future Daniel Ricciardo’s shocking mid-season return to the Formula 1 grid a year ago had the makings of the latest dream ending in the sport. But as the grid arrived in Singapore for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, that dream ending seems to have the...2024
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