Finnish Valtteri Bottas, whose contract was not renewed by the Sauber team where he had been playing for three years, will be Mercedes’ reserve driver in F1 in 2025, the German team announced on Thursday.
The emblematic driver with the blond mane will thus make his return to the team managed by Toto Wolff where he played for five seasons. Between 2017 and 2021, he had achieved 10 victories, 20 pole positions and 67 podiums at the wheel of his Silver Arrow.
“I am delighted to return to the Mercedes family. Despite the recent difficult years, I know that I can still make my contribution in Formula 1. I look forward to bringing my knowledge and experience to help the team achieve its goal of challenging for world titles.”explained the Finnish veteran (35 years old).
Revolution at Mercedes
Bottas has indeed experienced three difficult seasons in the Alfa-Romeo team, renamed Sauber: 10th in the drivers’ standings in 2022 with 49 points, he tumbled to 15th place in 2023 with only 10 points on the clock and the fall continues. is continued this year with no points scored.
The Mercedes team will experience a revolution in 2025 with the departure of the legendary Lewis Hamilton, who won six of his seven world crowns during his twelve seasons with the German manufacturer. The Italian prodigy Andrea Kimi Antonelli (18 years old) will have the difficult mission of succeeding the Briton, who left for Ferrari, and will team up with another Englishman, George Russell.
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