ANALYSIS: How good was Bottas at Mercedes?

Summary by Krater

An analysis of Valtteri Bottas's qualifying and race performance alongside Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes compared to other second drivers like Nico Rosberg, Mark Webber, and Max Verstappen's teammates. The video concludes that while Bottas was a strong qualifier and dependable teammate, he lacked the race craft and pace to be a true threat to Hamilton.

From the video

Answers: How does Valtteri Bottas's performance compare to Lewis Hamilton and other F1 second drivers?

• F1 qualifying statistics
• Formula 1 race pace comparison
• Mercedes F1 team history
• Valtteri Bottas performance analysis
• F1 teammate battles

What it concludes

• Hamilton scores a pole position far and away more than any other result on Saturdays.
• Bottas took pole less than a fifth of the time, but was very strong for second and third places.
• Bottas's average qualifying position was within 7/10ths of a position behind Hamilton.
• Rosberg edged Hamilton on mean qualifying performance with 2.42 compared to 3.24.
• Vettel had an astonishing pole position hit rate of 44 poles to Webber's 12.
• Hamilton beat Bottas in qualifying 59 to 28, representing 68% of the time they reached the same session.