On the year 2020, Valtteri Bottas continued being driver on the team Mercedez and it is a good thing for Mercedez since Bottas is a very skillful driver. In pre-season practice, he set the fastest time at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. At the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix, Bottas took pole position and led the race from start to finish. In wet conditions, Bottas qualified fourth for the Styrian Grand Prix and went on to finish second behind Hamilton in the event, cutting his championship lead to six points. At the Hungarian Grand Prix, Bottas qualified second behind Hamilton, but made a false start and lost four positions in the first corner. By the end of the Grand Prix, he was able to reclaim third place, but lost the championship lead to Hamilton. And a lot of things happened between Hamilton and Bottas but Bottas left losing the series. But for this year 2021, Bottas remained loyal to Mercedez Team