Alfa Romeo announce Bottas to join the team in 2022, Russell expected to partner Hamilton
September 06, 2021 18:17 ISTBottas will make the switch to Alfa Romeo in 2022 after five seasons alongside Hamilton at the Silver Arrows.
Bottas will make the switch to Alfa Romeo in 2022 after five seasons alongside Hamilton at the Silver Arrows.
Mercedes GP star driver Valtteri Bottas took to social media to announce that he has signed a new contract with F1 side Alfa Romeo and will be driving for the constructors from the next season.
The Red Bull driver's leading seventh win of the season and 17th of his career moved him three points ahead of the defending champion, who finished second but softened the blow with a bonus point for fastest lap.
The Red Bull driver's final lap was just good enough to beat Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton by .04 seconds and his teammate Valtteri Bottas by .034.
The orange-clad home crowd roared as the Red Bull star finished an impressive .56 seconds quicker than Valtteri Bottas and .79 quicker than Lewis Hamilton
Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen will miss the Dutch Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19.
Verstappen will be aiming for his seventh victory of the season in front of home crowd as F1 returns to his homeland's Circuit Zandvoort after 36 years.
Kimi Raikkonen will retire at the end of the season, concluding a career that spanned two decades and included the 2007 world championship.
The race was shortened to last one hour with only half points awarded to the winner, who needed to complete only two laps to earn points.
A red flag came out shortly after 3:30 p.m. local time (1330 GMT) following a formation lap and no new start time was immediately given.
World champion Lewis Hamilton placed third for Mercedes.
The 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) Spa-Francorchamps track nestled in the thick Ardennes forest is the longest in F1.
The Red Bull driver must focus his mind on checking the Mercedes star's momentum, starting at this Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps.
The F4 Indian Championships and Formula Regional Indian Championships, which will be based on F3 cars, are both certified by the FIA.
This year's Japanese Grand Prix was cancelled following discussions between the government and race promoters, Formula One organizers said Wednesday.
After the COVID-19 pandemic caused a year's delay to the race, 2021 will see a Formula one race in the Netherlands for the first time since 1985.
Bottas was a narrow .027 seconds ahead of Hamilton and .298 clear of Verstappen, who leads Hamilton by eight points overall after 10 races.
Verstappen's sizable championship lead was slashed from 33 points to eight after he crashed at last weekend's British GP.
The FIA will hear from Red Bull via video conference on Thursday ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix.
With Max Verstappen threatening to run away with the title and Lewis Hamilton seemingly unable to beat his rival on the track, desperate measures are exactly what Red Bull team principal Christian Horner accused the Mercedes driver of using.
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