News Details

Wolff backs Valtteri Bottas to turn around fortunes

Toto Wolff has emphasised that Valtteri Bottas has the ability to turn around his fortunes amid a difficult second season with Mercedes. Bottas joined Mercedes for 2017 and claimed three wins, in Russia, Austria and Abu Dhabi, to finish third in the standings, and briefly emerged as an outsider for the title. Bottas began 2018 brightly and could have won in China, but for a mis-timed Safety Car, while a puncture three laps from home robbed him of victory in Azerbaijan. But since then he has challenged for the win only once, in Germany, and holds only fourth in the standings, 110 points behind leader and team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who has taken seven victories. Bottas could drop out of...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Wolff: Nico and Lewis were like a volcano

Mercedes F1 chief Toto Wolff has revealed the tension that prevailed in...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Toto Wolff offers insight to how he controlled...

Toto Wolff has opened up about how he managed the relationship...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Wolff: Managing Hamilton-Rosberg like a volcano about...

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff has likened manging the...
6y ago from Crash.net

Hamilton-Rosberg rivalry was like a 'volcano' - Wolff

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says lessons learned from Alain Prost...
6y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motegi remains on MotoGP calendar through 2030

MotoGP has officially confirmed that the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi...

Marco Bezzecchi explained what ‘key moment' he...

Marco Bezzecchi explained his first lap was the "key moment"...

MotoGP to return to Buenos Aires from 2027 season

MotoGP has officially announced that the Grand Prix of Argentina will...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

O’Ward explains the multiple steps that came...

Pato O’Ward won Sunday’s IndyCar race from the streets of Toronto,...

Kyffin Simpson’s confidence ‘very high right...

When Kyffin Simpson crossed the finish line in Sunday’s Honda Indy...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'We were more invincible than them in two seasons' -...

Jose Mourinho has claimed that the Chelsea side during his first stint was...
36m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Manchester derby and Arsenal vs Man City live on Sky...

The Manchester derby and Man City's trip to Arsenal will be live on Sky...
26m ago from SkySports.com

Saka gives Arsenal friendly win over Milan as Norgaard...

Arsenal kicked off their pre-season campaign with Bukayo Saka's strike...
26m ago from SkySports.com

Exclusive: Arsenal 'are looking' at three potential...

Arsenal are looking at three potential attacking players as transfer...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.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.