Valtteri Bottas

77ValtteriBottas

Finnish263 Grand Prix starts
23rd
Championship
0
Points
1 projected
—
Title chance
0% top three
0
Wins
0 podiums

Streaks & milestones

Going into the next race
+6
places gained in one race, the season's best
P19 → P13, round 2
5
more wins for Bottas’s 15th career win
within reach this season
3
more podiums for Bottas’s 70th career podium
within reach this season
1
more pole for Bottas’s 20th career pole
could come next race

Season path

16 rounds
Model’s average miss 1.8 places · 5 finishes
PointsP1P5P10P15P20R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15R16
Started P19Retired (classified P22)0 ptsModel called P18 before the weekend · 0% to win
FinishModel’s call×RetiredWin

Teammate duel

Bottas16 races togetherPerez
8
Qualifying
8
1
Race · both finished
3
0
Points
0

Median qualifying gap 0.01% faster — about 0.01 s over a 90-second lap. Compared in the last session both reached, so Q3 laps never meet Q1 laps.

Driver DNA

One-lap pace vs teammate18th of 23
slower-0.16%faster

Average share of a lap gained or lost to the teammate in the same car, across practice and qualifying. The model's skill signal.

Racecraft10th of 23
loses+0.2 plgains

Places finished ahead of (or behind) where their race pace ranked them, per finish. Front-runners have little room to gain, so a leader rarely scores high here.

The record

This season · career
2026
16
Races
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Points finishes
11
Retirements
18.6→16.4
Grid → finish
+2.2 per race
Career
263
Starts
10
Wins
67
Podiums
19
Poles
0
Titles

Next race

Singapore Grand Prix
0%
To win
0%
Podium
P17
Expected finish
77%
Retirement risk
Full forecast →

Our read

Across the season the model has placed Bottas about 1.47 places too low on average — they finish ahead of where we put them. How the model is graded.

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