A ditched F1 driver set to sign new deal for Mercedes role

Toto Wolff reveals a deal is close to completion

Toto Wolff
Toto Wolff

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes are🌳 set to take advantage of an experienced💜 Formula 1 driver losing their race seat.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas has been axed from his Sauber drive next✃ season and has nowhere else to go to keeꩵp his racing career alive.

A reunion with former team Mercedes in a reserve driver ro♌le is on the cards.

“Nothing is signed, nothing is done,” Mer💟cedes team principal Toto Wolff said to Viaplay in Las Vegas.

“But if we were to have him back in the family, 𒈔we would be all full of joy.

“What you can say is that if you have the opportunity of having a pilot like Valtteri back in the Merꦬcedes family, with his ability, with his most recent experience of these modern cars, you can deem yourself super lucky.”

Wolf𒀰f was asked about the likelihood of agreeing a contract to bring Bottas back.

“It's a matter of time,” he admitted.

Bottas and Sauber teammate Guanyu Zhou have not scored a point all sea𓆏s🌊on as they struggle with the worst car in Formula 1.

⛄At the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Zhou 🌼was 13th and Bottas 18th.

Sauber will evolve into Audi in 2026 and, with an eye on t💧he future, will field a new-look driver combo next season.

They have signed Nico Hulkenberg from Haas and Formula 2 driver Gabriel Bortoleto from McLar🎃en.

Bottas and Zhou have no𒊎where to turn, as a result, but Mercedes can offer their former driver a chance to keep a foot in tܫhe door.

Similarly, Mercedes💞 snapped up Mick Schumacher as a🔯 reserve driver when he lost his F1 race seat.

Bottas will return to a renewed Mercedes in 2ไ025 where former teammate Lewis Hamilton will no longer be present. Hamilton will go to Ferrari leaving George Russell and Kimi Ant🌼onelli as Mercedes’ drivers.

Bottas won 10 grands prix with Mercedes.

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