News Details

Toto Wolff: Re-signed Valtteri Bottas could be leading 2018 F1 standings

Toto Wolff has praised Valtteri Bottas’ on-track performance and off-track conduct, in the wake of extending the Finn’s contract with Mercedes through 2019, believing he could be leading the 2018 F1 standings. Bottas joined Mercedes from Williams for 2017 and was handed a one-year extension to continue alongside World Champion Lewis Hamilton. Bottas has yet to win a race in 2018 and holds only fifth in the standings, 67 points behind title leader Sebastian Vettel. But Bottas has impressed with his speed and consistency through 2018, and has had several opportunities slip through his grasp, most prominently in Azerbaijan, where a late puncture cost him victory. Mercedes...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Official: Bottas confirmed at Mercedes for 2019

Mercedes today completed its driver line-up for the 2019 season, and...
6y ago from Pitpass.com

Toto Wolff: 'Mercedes has Become Lewis' Home in...

Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Team principal and CEO, Toto Wolff says...

Bottas confident of new Mercedes deal

While a crash in qualifying in Melbourne was purely down to the Finn,...
6y ago from Pitpass.com

Valtteri Bottas re-signs with Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas Mercedes has finalised its driver line-up for the 2019...
6y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Jorge Martin confirms intention to leave Aprilia at...

Reigning World Champion Jorge Martin has released a statement confirming...
46m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Honda MotoGP Luca Marini suffers major injury in...

Honda HRC Castrol MotoGP rider Luca Marini sustained major injuries...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

‘Major acceleration' in talks between Toprak...

Reports state that there has been a "major acceleration" in...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Veteran engineer Michael Cannon returns to Dale Coyne...

Dale Coyne Racing has announced that it has re-hired expert engineer...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Three drivers lose Indy 500 finishing positions after...

The NTT IndyCar Series has penalized three drivers following the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Exclusive: Man United plan talks for coming days in...

Manchester United are not giving up on a potential transfer move for...
56m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Chelsea's record in 13 previous European finals after...

>strong>Sports Mole looks at Chelsea's record in previous European...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Exclusive Arsenal column: Julian Alvarez transfer...

Julian Alvarez looks like just what Arsenal need, but is it realistic?...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Martin Zubimendi set for a medical as Leroy Sane gets...

Morning all. Transfer stuff has started buzzing with news from yesterday,...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.