Valtteri Bottas remains the only Mercedes driver to reach Q3 in his entire Mercedes stint
Saturday, 15 Mar 2025
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He was a perfect number 2 driver
This is such an insane stat
Longer Q3 streak than the Red Bull team itself but people still claim he’s Checo tier.
I’ve always found this a phenomenal stat
the way the headline is worded makes it sound like no other mercedes driver has ever reached q3
To whom it may concern…
Always thought Valtteri belonged in the second RB Seat, would actuallly do the job Perez was meant to do.
I know they had to promote a junior at some points but he would have been perfect for Red Bull
He may not have been the greatest in terms of racecraft but damn how good of a qualifier he was.
The problem with this stat is that he achieved this when a .6s gap was the difference between P1 and P4. Now it’s between P1 and P14.
Don’t get me wrong, he was an amazing qualifier. It’s just that the teams are MUCH closer in performance now than even in 2021.
Doesn’t he also hold the record for the most amount of points earned ever without winning a WDC?
Insane stat which not only highlights Valterri’s amazing qualifying consistency but also the reliability Mercedes had during that era.
But crazy how consistent Bottas was in qualifying, even Lewis had a few Q1 exits during that time, I remember one in Monaco 2017 but that was due to an unlucky red flag and Brazil 2017 where he crashed out in Q1.
His bogan look is nice and all, but 2019 bearded Bottas looked better imo.
Hope Cadillac scoops him up.
Bottas on his day was extremely fast. He was quite consistent, and seems like a very nice, fair person.
However, he’s the most boring racer I’ve ever seem in F1. Always, always backs out of and rolls over in a wheel to wheel battle. I read somewhere that it’s been ingrained in him since his younger days to not damage the equipment, and rather back out of a fight. But he never let the habit go. The guy just could not battle on track. The most boring on-track racer I’ve seen in F1.
Caveat being the midfield used to be 6/7/8 tenths off the top teams back then.
People make too big a deal about this stat.