However, with a drop in performance in 2020 and 2021, Mercedes swapped the 10x Grand Prix winner with George Russell. Bottas joined Kick Sauber in 2022, alongside Chinese rookie Zhou Guanyu.

Valtteri Bottas is set to land a return to the Mercedes F1 team for 2025 following his departure from Sauber. The soon-to-be-Audi works team confirmed on Wednesday morning that Bottas, and current ...

Mercedes have fuelled rumours Valtteri Bottas will return to the team as reserve driver with a post on their social channels. On Wednesday morning, Sauber formally announced Bottas won’t be part ...

and Kimi Andrea Antonelli (Mercedes) in graduating to F1 this winter. "We are very pleased that he will become a team member of Sauber and Audi. Together with Gabriel, we are on a journey towards ...

current Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas may explore a reserve driver role at Mercedes for the next Formula 1 season. Bottas was also in contention for the 2025 seat, representing his final chance to ...

Amidst reports Red Bull will have to pay a staggering €20 million for Franco Colapinto, Mattia Binotto says McLaren didn’t ask for anything from Sauber ... confirmed by Mercedes along with ...

Last month, Bottas said he would consider returning to Mercedes as a reserve driver next year if he was not retained by Sauber. Sauber had made Zhou China's first Formula One driver. "Sadly the ...

His strongest seasons in the series came as teammate to Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, taking 10 wins and twice finishing runner-up in the championship (2019, 2020). Zhou Guanyu, 25, joined Sauber in ...

The Sauber Formula 1 team will have a new pair ... Bottas has 10 wins under his belt, all of them achieved while he was with Mercedes-Benz AMG. He also joined Alfa Romeo in 2022 but has struggled ...