Valtteri Bottas

Alfa Romeo driver leads calls for punishment after Verstappen’s team breaches budget cap

Mercedes driver starts from 10th on grid to complete victory against all odds, reignite title race

The Finn won in Sochi last year and has a strong record in Russia, taking his first F1 victory at the circuit in 2017

Stewards ruled the Finn caused an avoidable collision at turn, in slippery conditions, and handed two penalty points

German took aim Hamilton, Bottas after both were passed by French GP race winner and championship leader Verstappen

Brit and Bottas had swapped chassis for this weekend’s race at the Paul Ricard circuit as part of a planned rotation

Pandemic-hit, shortened 17-race Formula One season was packed with novelty and surprises

Mercedes team principal Wolff says each driver holds his unique position in roster

Mercedes driver records fastest time of one minute 16.530 seconds on soft tyres

Finnish driver is out of contract with his team at the end of this year, has got used to seeing his seat in peril

His only title rival, Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, has to overcome a 74-point deficit in the final three rounds

Bottas won the typhoon-affected Japanese Grand Prix, meaning that Mercedes sealed a sixth title in a row

Finnish driver jumped from third to first with an electric start to win the Japanese Grand Prix

The Austrian team boss seemed frustrated and angry that the team were distracted from their jobs

A sixth victory overall and fifth in six years at a track he loves would also be his seventh in 10 races this year

Finnish driver scorches to best time of one minute 31.547 seconds

29-year-old Mercedes ace, hampered by mechanical problems and bad luck, failed to win a single race in 2018