168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas will return to Mercedes as their reserve driver for the 2025 F1 season.

Having missed out on a full-time drive with Saube🧜r for next year, Bottas’ return to Mercedes wa🌱s heavily mooted.

On Thursday afternoon, Mercedes confirmed Bottas willꦓ be the tea🎀m’s third driver in 2025.

Bottas spent five years at Mercedes between 2017 and 2021 alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton. 

The pair remained unbeaten in the constructors’ championship 🧔during their time as teammates despiౠte strong competition from Ferrari and Red Bull.

Bottas will be hoping to remain in the spotlight while being at Mercedes as he looks to get back 💧onꦚ the grid in 2026.

Speaking of the news, Bottas said: “I'm happy to finally ans꧃wer the question I've posed over the past month. Returning home to the Mercedes family as Third Driver for 2025, is what's next and I couldn't be🥂 more pleased. I want to thank Toto, the team at Brackley, and everyone at the three-pointed star for welcoming me back with open arms.

“Despite the challenges of the past few years, I know that I've still got so much more to contribute to F1. Since I was a five-yea🐟r-old kid growing up in Nastola, Finland, my focus has been on achieving success in the top tier of moꦫtorsport.

“I've been fortunate to have enjoyed many incredible moments in my 12 years of racing in F1 so far. As I return to the place where so many of those moments were achieved, I'm looking forward to us༒ing all the knowledge I've gained to help the team to perform and progress towards our goal of fighting for world championships.”

Will Bottas make an F1 return in 2026?

Bottas will be hoping a seat becomes available in ꦏ2026 after missing out on remaining with the Audi project.

His options are limited, though, with the majority of the grid on multi-year ꦕdeals.

Cadillac are set to join the grid in 2026 as a possible 11th team, giving ♑Bottas an additional chance of returning to🍷 F1.

He will face stern competition, though๊, with a host of experienced names also on the sidelines. 

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez is without a drive after getting dropped by Red Bull, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kevin Magnussen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu are also not on the grid.