168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas’ days in Formula 1 could be numbered.

Sauber, who will become Audi in 2026, are set to con🍌ꦑfirm their crunch decision over next year’s driver line-up.

It is “imminent” that Gabriel Bortleto will ꧟get the nod,  reports.

That will leave incumbent Bottas out of a drive.

Whispers about Bortleto grew louder at his home race, the F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, at the weekend.

The Brazili🦋an currently leads Formula 2𝓀 but is contracted with McLaren.

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella made it clear they would not block his pathway into Formܫula 1, opening the door ajar to the Sauber drive.

Sauber have alr🐬eady 🌱signed Nico Hulkenberg from Haas for 2025.

Botta♏s now appears to be on the outside of the situation, 🦄looking in.

“When there is no confirmation there [are] qu🔥estionꦑs,” he said in Brazil.

“And unfortunately the same situation this w🐎eekend. I’m still waiting, the b🦹all is in their camp basically.

“I feel like I did the job in Mexico and at the moment I really can’t do more with this car and show🧸case more what I can do than what I’m doing at the moment, so all I can do is wait.

“I’✨m waiting for🐷 news from the team, I’ve shown always the interest to be part of the Audi project. Now I’m still waiting, that’s where we are now.

“The thing with this sport is you never know what’s happening i꧅n the background.

“There’s always lots of politics involved; we areꩵ talking about a big corporate company, a big business as well.

“There’s many reasons behind decisions such as driver line-up. All I can do now is trust [Audi boss Mattia Binott﷽o] and his words, and then we’ll see.”

Bottas, aged 35, is a 10-time F1 grand prix winner from his Mercede♛s days.

But his 12-year run in Formula 1 now looks to be on the brink of end✨ing.

Bottas, teammate Guanyu Zhou and ousted Williams driver Logan Sargeant are the only drivers this season to have failed to score a ꦺsingle point.