{"id":684065,"date":"2026-06-04T14:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/684065\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:52:11","slug":"valtteri-bottas-slams-b-cadillac-f1-exit-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/684065\/","title":{"rendered":"Valtteri Bottas slams “b*******” Cadillac F1 exit rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valtteri Bottas<\/a> has criticised the \u201cb*******\u201d\u00a0rumours linking him to an early exit from the Cadillac Formula 1 outfit after a tricky start to the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n

Speculation began swirling in certain corners of the industry that\u00a0Bottas was at risk of losing his seat at the debutant F1 team, his first full-time drive since leaving Sauber at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

The rumours came after being second-best to team-mate Sergio Perez<\/a> across the opening five grands prix, as the Mexican has outqualified him on four of the past five occasions including sprints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But with a two-year contract at Cadillac, Bottas is ignoring the rumours as the 10-time grand prix winner thinks \u201cheadlines\u201d and \u201cclicks\u201d are the only reason they started ahead of Monaco this weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s part of the sport, it’s not the first time I face those kind of rumours, but it’s a bit of a shame that somebody just makes up complete bullshit,\u201d said Bottas, whose seat was constantly under question during his five-season stint at Mercedes<\/a> between 2017 and 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that’s normal in this sport, and I know my situation, team knows my situation, they support me 100%, so that’s why from my side it was okay in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Valtteri <\/p>\n

Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac Racing, Sergio Perez, Cadillac Racing<\/p>\n

Photo by: Sam Bloxham \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Cadillac is without a point this season having been a backmarker as expected and it is not since round two in Shanghai that Bottas has finished ahead of Perez on the road.<\/p>\n

That prompted the Finn\u2019s side of the garage to take a deep dive into why he is suffering a performance drop compared to Perez and Bottas is \u201cconfident\u201d they understand what\u2019s gone wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI caught\u00a0up with the team last week about it,\u201d he said. \u201cWe could see issues, both on the PU side and the car build side, that’s as much as I can give you.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we can see reasons, which is good to see, but yeah, we need to keep working on the quality, on how we build the car, how we fit all the parts, and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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