What would you like to ask Valtteri Bottas?
On 21 May, Valtteri Bottas will sit down with Autosport for our very first ‘You Ask The Questions’ interview. You, the Autosport reader, have an opportunity to ask questions to the 10-time Formula 1 grand prix winner. Perhaps you’d like to ask him about his recent column about mental health and eating disorders, his time […]
Lowdon on what’s next for Cadillac after short F1 honeymoon
Cadillac’s rocky road to an eventually accepted Formula 1 entry has been well documented, but it is hard to underestimate the challenge the series’ first bona fide start-up team in a decade has faced as it rapidly built up its workforce across its UK headquarters in Silverstone and its various US bases. Appreciating the challenge […]
Cadillac reveals TPC plans ahead of F1 debut
The Cadillac Formula 1 team has revealed it is planning to use a rival squad to help with the completion of a Testing of Previous Cars programme ahead of its championship debut in 2026. TPC programmes allow teams to complete up to 20 days of running in machinery that is at least two years old, […]
Why Cadillac chose Bottas and Perez – and what it means for American F1 driver hopes
“Mick Schumacher snubbed” is one of the more outre – if suitably attention-grabbing – headline takes on the news that Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez will drive for Cadillac when the General Motors brand appears on the F1 grid next season. Read Also: True, Schumacher Jr is understood to have been one of the names […]
How did other new F1 teams approach their line-ups?
As reported by Autosport in June, Valtteri Bottas is primed to agree terms with Cadillac to complete his return to a Formula 1 race seat. This leaves one much-coveted seat as the grid expands to 22 cars, and anyone without a contract next year has been linked to it. Of them, Sergio Perez is considered […]
Bottas closes in on F1 return with Cadillac
Mercedes Formula 1 reserve driver Valtteri Bottas has emerged as a leading candidate to join the Cadillac team when it enters the championship next season. Senior figures at the nascent squad are due to be in attendance at the British Grand Prix at the start of next month — including team principal Graeme Lowdon and […]
An F1 outsider’s options to get back on the grid in 2026
The Formula 1 driver merry-go-round was out of commission for 2024 as all the team stuck with their line-ups from the previous year. But the wheels were greased for the current season, and Valtteri Bottas was one of the drivers whose ride came to an end. The 35-year-old has rejoined the queue to get back […]
Finland is out of F1 drivers for the first time since the 1980s – but why?
Finland may have just 5.6 million inhabitants – just 0.07% of the world’s population – yet it has immensely contributed to Formula 1’s history. The Nordic country admittedly has never hosted grand prix racing, and neither has it had any teams in the world championship. Still, among its nine drivers competing in F1, there were […]
Why Bottas is not letting the “worst-case scenario” end his F1 career
Valtteri Bottas may be excited about ‘what’s next’ for him in Formula 1, but there is no hiding the disappointment about how a ‘worst-case scenario’ left him on the sidelines. Having had high hopes about what a move to Alfa/Romeo Sauber in 2022 – then under the leadership of Fred Vasseur – could bring him, Bottas was ultimately denied […]