The reserve role means Bottas will step in for one of Mercedes' F1 drivers if they are unable to race. Reserve drivers regularly test a team’s cars to maintain familiarity and readiness for a ...

Valtteri Bottas will return to Mercedes as a reserve driver for the 2025 season, the Formula One team announced on Thursday, after the Finn left Sauber at the end of the season. The 35-year-old ...

Valtteri Bottas will return to Mercedes as a reserve driver next year after missing out on a seat in Formula 1 in 2025. Bottas was Lewis Hamilton's teammate at Mercedes from 2017 to 2021 before ...

Toto Wolff and Valtteri Bottas - 2019 Japanese Grand Prix ... allowing him to continue offering valuable input on car performance.

Valtteri Bottas is coming home. The Finnish driver announced on Thursday that he was returning to Mercedes for the Formula 1 season, as the team’s reserve driver. Bottas spent five F1 seasons ...

Bottas added: "I'm expecting a tough season. The regs are not changing for next year. All the cars that the teams have now, they're not going to change massively. So I don't think it's going to be ...

a big car manufacturer. I've been there five years in the past, and it could really bring some opportunities for me." Mercedes team boss heaps praise on Valtteri Bottas ahead of his move Mercedes ...

Valtteri Bottas is returning to Mercedes as the team's new third driver for the 2025 season. The experienced Finn has been left without a race seat on next year's Formula 1 grid after being ...

Sending a sly jab to Sauber in an Instagram Story, Bottas shared a photo of himself in a Mercedes with the caption: "Decent car." Speaking about his upcoming return to Mercedes, Bottas explained ...

For Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas, the feeling came with a switch to the Stake F1 Team in 2022 after five seasons of driving for the front-running Mercedes team. People often experience a ...