News Details
Bottas say race pace marginally improved in 2020
Valtteri Bottas' results in 2020 fell short of the Mercedes driver's own expectations, but the Finn nevertheless believes he improved his race pace during the year. Bottas added just two wins to his career tally in F1 last season against Lewis Hamilton's track record of ten victories that delivered a seventh world title to the Briton. Bottas was rarely a match for his Mercedes teammate on Sundays while he was a lot closer in qualifying, securing five pole positions overall. Yet the 31-year-old believes he improved his race pace relative to Hamilton throughout the 2020 season. "It was extremely close many, many times this year and even in the top three as well," Bottas said....
Full Story »
Full Story »
You May Also Be Interested In...
Bottas believes race pace was his most improved area...
Get F1 news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to...
5y ago from Crash.net
Lewis Hamilton: I Don’t Need To Defend Valtteri...
2020 was a difficult year for Valtteri Bottas, with him once again being...
5y ago from Formula1News.co.uk
Brawn: Hamilton the standout of 2020, Max showed...
Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn has heaped praise on Lewis...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com
Tanabe: 'That's one of our key positives'
Honda wants to leave Formula 1 with one last hurrah after 2021. The big...
5y ago from GPBlog.com
Elsewhere On The Network
Popular On MGPToday.com
Jorge Martin likely to miss Sepang MotoGP test after...
No description available...
14h ago from Motorsport.com
Trackhouse Aprilia launches two liveries ahead of 2026...
Trackhouse Aprilia satellite team has launched its two new liveries in...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Yamaha admits 2026 MotoGP performance will decide...
Yamaha knows it must deliver a more competitive 2026 MotoGP bike to...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Trackhouse unveils 2026 MotoGP colours in Milan launch
No description available...
18h ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On IndyCarToday.com
Ed Carpenter Racing reveals multiple organizational...
No description available...
13h ago from Motorsport.com
Will Power sees ‘all the ingredients’ for a...
Will Power is approaching the beginning of his new IndyCar chapter, with...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Ed Carpenter to contest 23rd Indianapolis 500
Owner of the Ed Carpenter Racing IndyCar team Ed Carpenter will race in...
1d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Pato O’Ward joined by F2 champion in McLaren F1...
McLaren has announced its driver development program lineup for 2026,...
6d ago from MotorsportWeek.c...
Popular On TotalWRC.com
Sebastien Ogier still has motivation “to go for...
No description available...
1d ago from Motorsport.com
Sebastien Loeb after 13 Dakar punctures: Cars now...
No description available...
3d ago from Motorsport.com
Dakar 2026: Dacia edges Ford and Toyota as Nasser...
No description available...
4d ago from Motorsport.com
Popular On GunnersToday.com
'He has struggled' – Arsenal legend tips club to...
Arsenal could end up selling left-back Myles Lewis-Skelly, according to...
21m ago from CaughtOffside.com
“Going to be pretty similar” - Michael Owen makes...
Michael Owen has made his prediction for Manchester United's upcoming...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Gyokeres, Havertz and the Nwaneri loan move
Morning. I think we're all entitled to a relatively quiet day (in football...
1h ago from Arseblog.com
“I was traumatised” - Arsenal fan and NYC mayor...
Self-confessed Arsenal fan and New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com
Comments
Hottest News
Mercedes logs onto new F1 era with new trillion-dollar...
Mercedes has bagged a big new sponsor ahead of... Read More »
51m ago from RacingNews365.com
Honda delivers direct message to FIA on F1 engine furore
Honda Racing's president, Koji Watanabe, has... Read More »
41m ago from MotorsportWeek.com
Audi are spending £2bn on F1 and their new car already...
Audi F1 team's car launch event did not go... Read More »
1h ago from GPFans.com
