Valtteri Bottas Is Selling His Mercedes-AMG GT S to Save a Karting Circuit 12 May 2021, 13:07 UTC ·
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After cutting his teeth in karting and junior motorsport formulae, Valtteri Bottas received the offer of a lifetime from Williams to drive for the British team in 2013. Not long after that, Mercedes-AMG signed the Finn as a replacement for Nico Rosberg, who retired after snatching the drivers’ championship from Lewis Hamilton in a rather dramatic season. 18 photos
Since then, Bottas turned from a promising title challenger into a modern-day Eddie Irvine or Rubens Barrichello. Content with being second to Lewis because of team orders, Bottas also happens to underperform in the worst moments. The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix comes to mind because George Russel was breathing down his neck in a lesser car. These circumstances attracted plenty of criticism from the motorsport and general media, along with Mercedes’ style of extending Valtteri’s drive with one-year contract
Where to watch the Portuguese Grand Prix
In the United Kingdom you will be able to watch the qualifying and then the race itself on Sky Sports dedicated Formula 1 channel, while in the United States, you can watch on ESPN or Univision.
It s like my first - history-maker Hamilton celebrates century of poles The Mercedes driver s latest milestone puts him 32 clear of Michael Schumacher in the all-time pole chart and leaves him in prime position to secure a record-extending 98th win in Sunday s race. Lewis Hamilton at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Picture: Twitter @F1.
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BARCELONA - World champion Lewis Hamilton celebrated his 100th pole on Saturday after setting the fastest time in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix and declared It s like my first! .
The Mercedes driver s latest milestone puts him 32 clear of Michael Schumacher in the all-time pole chart and leaves him in prime position to secure a record-extending 98th win in Sunday s race.
Move over, Lando! Daniel Ricciardo rips control from McLaren teammate
Motor Sports by Nic Savage 10th May 2021 7:53 AM Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo enjoyed his most successful race with McLaren to date in Barcelona, finishing the Spanish Grand Prix with a respectable sixth-place finish.
Stream Every Practice, Qualifier & Race of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship™ Live & On-Demand on Kayo. New to Kayo? Try 14-Days Free Now >Ricciardo s impressive drive was best shown when the team ordered Norris to let him pass late in the race in a move that ultimately allowed the 31-year-old to overtake former teammate Esteban Ocon and secure his equal-best finish this season.
Alonso: Talk of struggles are unfortunate
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May 7 2021
Fernando Alonso says the media’s reaction to his Imola troubles was overblown with others drivers who “changed teams” also on the backfoot.
Two races into his Formula 1 comeback, Alonso was out-qualified by his Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
It was the first time since 2017 that the Spaniard had lost to a team-mate in qualifying as he whitewashed his 2018 team-mate, Stoffel Vandoorne, 21-0.
Following that up with a P10 in the race, helped to his first World Championship point when Kimi Raikkonen was hit with a penalty for a restart infringement, Alonso was off the mark.