His return Valtteri Botas in Mercedes it is a fact. the Finn was released by Sauber and returned to the team as a substitute driver for the 2025 Formula 1 season.
Bottas was a race driver for the German team for five years alongside Lewis Hamilton (2017-21) and celebrated all ten of his career victories with the “silver arrows”, as well as his 20 pole positions.
He then joined her force Sauberwhich was then known as Alfa Romeoahead of the 2022 season, as Mercedes opted to promote the Briton George Russell in his place. During his time with the Swiss team, the 35-year-old driver did not have a correspondingly good presence, as he was ranked tenth among the drivers in 2022 with 49 points, while he failed to score in 2024.
Based on his duties as a substitute, Bottas will be present at most Grands Prix and support the Mercedes race drivers, namely Russell and the Italian ‘rookie’. Kimi Antonelli.
This is what’s next! ?? @ValtteriBottas will return to the Team as our Reserve Driver in 2025
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— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) December 19, 2024
Source: Sport Fm
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