Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas is a Finnish formula one driver, born in Nastola on 1989-08-28. 10 f1 wins, 246 starts is the short version of the record; the long version, season by season, is below. He is competing in F1 for Cadillac in 2026.

Valtteri Bottas: Career Record And Results At A Glance

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Bottas 2026 Results, Round By Round

Every completed round of the current season, from the official classification. Across 11 rounds the best finish is 13 at the Chinese GP. This is the figure that decides whether the Cadillac seat survives 2027, and it is the one no competing driver page puts in front of a Finnish reader.

Bottas: An F1 Career Still In Progress

Bottas is the ninth Finn to race in Formula 1 and the only one still doing it, so his totals are not final and are deliberately not presented as though they were. What the record carries is this: ten Grand Prix wins across thirteen seasons, and two runner-up finishes in the drivers' championship, in 2019 and 2020, both with Mercedes.

Podium, pole and points totals are not given here because the dataset behind this page does not hold final figures for an active driver, and an estimate would be indistinguishable on the page from a checked number. The round-by-round table below is the current season in full.

Valtteri Bottas Career Results, Season By Season

Valtteri Bottas season by season from 2001 to 2026: which team, which car, and where each campaign finished. On the rally side the columns are the individual rounds, so a blank means he did not start that event and a number means he did. Wins, podiums and championship positions are in the same table rather than summarised above it.

Early ascendance through junior categories

Valtteri Bottas, born in Nastola, Finland on August 28, 1989, began his motorsport career in karting at the age of six. His progression through the junior ranks was marked by consistent success, laying the foundation for his eventual Formula One entry. After studying automotive engineering and completing mandatory military service, Bottas entered junior formulae in 2007.

His breakthrough year arrived in 2008, where he secured both the Formula Renault NEC and Formula Renault Eurocup championships with Motopark. He outpaced Daniel Ricciardo by three points in the Eurocup. Bottas continued his winning streak in Formula 3, taking back-to-back Masters of Formula 3 titles in 2009 and 2010 with ART. This achievement made him the first driver to win the event twice. His dominance extended to the GP3 Series in 2011, which he also won. These junior category victories positioned him as a promising talent for top-tier motorsport.

Bottas then transitioned to Formula One as a test driver for Williams Racing for two years. This period provided him with crucial experience within a Grand Prix team environment. In 2013, he secured a full-time race seat with Williams Racing, partnering Pastor Maldonado, and made his Formula One debut at the Australian Grand Prix. His first Formula One podium came in 2014 at the Austrian Grand Prix, marking a significant step in his career and showcasing his potential on the world stage.

Peak performance with Mercedes

Bottas reached the pinnacle of his career during his tenure with Mercedes, joining the team in 2017 to replace Nico Rosberg and partner Lewis Hamilton. This move propelled him into a front-running car, allowing him to contend for race victories and championship positions. He immediately demonstrated his capability, securing his maiden pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix and his first Grand Prix victory at the Russian Grand Prix in his debut season with the team. He finished third in the 2017 World Drivers' Championship, adding further wins in Austria and Abu Dhabi.

Following a winless 2018 season, Bottas returned strongly in 2019 and 2020. He finished runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship in both of these seasons, behind his teammate Lewis Hamilton. During his time at Mercedes, Bottas contributed to five consecutive World Constructors' Championships, playing a vital role in the team's dominant period. His final win for Mercedes came at the Turkish Grand Prix in 2021. Bottas's strength lay in his consistent qualifying performances, often placing the car at the front of the grid, and his ability to convert strong starting positions into podium finishes and victories. He also demonstrated strong teamwork, which was crucial for Mercedes' constructors' championship success. The combination of a top-tier team and his driving precision allowed him to achieve his most successful period in Formula One.

Career legacy and current standing

Valtteri Bottas's Formula One career, spanning 13 seasons as of August 2026, includes 10 Grand Prix victories, 20 pole positions, 19 fastest laps, and 67 podium finishes. He holds the distinction of having the second-most career points without a World Drivers' Championship, accumulating 1,797 points. After his successful period with Mercedes, Bottas joined Alfa Romeo Racing in 2022, retaining his seat for the 2023 season. The 2024 season, with the team rebranded as Sauber, saw him finish without scoring points.

In 2025, Bottas returned to Mercedes in a reserve driver capacity. For the current 2026 season, he has rejoined the grid as a full-time driver for Cadillac. This move marks another chapter in his extensive Formula One career, showcasing his continued presence at the sport's highest level. His career is characterized by consistent performance, particularly in his years with Mercedes, where he was a regular challenger for race wins and a key contributor to championship success. His statistics reflect a highly competitive driver who has consistently performed at the front of the field for much of his career.

Every Driver From The Same Country Racing In 2026

11 of them are contesting a professional championship this season, and Valtteri Bottas is 2 of the 11 by coverage over the last thirty days. This is the field a driver is measured against at home, and where his own career sits in it. The bars are 30-day story counts from our own tracking: they show how much attention a driver is getting, not how quick he is.

Finland's World Rally Champions

Finland has produced more World Rally Championship drivers' titles than any other country, and the list is short enough to give in full. Every name here has a page on this site.

Six drivers are on that list against one Finn currently in Formula 1, and six more are contesting the World Rally Championship this season. That is the ratio this site has to be built around, and it is why the rally desk is not a sideline to the F1 desk.

Teams Valtteri Bottas Has Driven For

The teams carried on this driver's record, most recent first where the record orders them: Cadillac, Williams Racing, Alfa Romeo Racing. A team list is a blunt instrument on its own — it says nothing about which car was competitive — which is why the season-by-season results table above gives his finishing positions alongside each one.

Following Valtteri Bottas Through The 2026 Season

Our Formula 1 desk covers every round he contests. The 2026 calendar carries each session in Helsinki time. His results land in the results archive.

Valtteri Bottas is one of the drivers tracked on the driver index. F1 puts him in the smallest of those groups. Start there for the whole picture: one on the Formula 1 grid and six in the World Rally Championship — a ratio that would have looked absurd twenty years ago. The junior ladder is where the next ones come from.

Every driver page here is generated from the same record, so the figures are comparable across them. The method is set out in the editorial policy, and the desk that maintains these pages is the Finnish Desk.

Career fields are Wikidata claims (birth date, birthplace, teams, honours) and the results tables are the career-statistics tables from the same entity's reference article, source. Formula 1 career totals are from our own Finnish F1 dataset; 2026 finishes are the official classification via the Jolpica Ergast mirror. Checked 26 August 2026. Where a figure is absent it is because the record does not carry it.