Valtteri Bottas was behind the wheel of a McLarenౠ F1 car in a TPC tes﷽t at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Bottas drove McLaren’s 2023 F1 challenger as part of his Mercedes test a🏅nd reserve driver♔ duties.

"Nice to be bac🐷k with Mercedes power today," sai🧸d the grand prix winner who was formerly teammates with Lewis Hamilton.

Witꦕh Bottas set to be present at all 24 races this year, the Finn is likely to be available to other Mercedes-powered teams - should they want to use him.

Mercedes and McLaren have shared reserve drivers over the years, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher available to both parties.

Similarly, in 2021, Nyck de Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne could have been called up by ei♏ther o🔯utfit.

Bottas, who🐽 hasn’t driven an F1 car since the end𓂃 of last year, got to drive the McLaren MCL60 at the Spanish GP circuit.

With McLaren in the fight for the constructors’ championship, having a driver of Bottas’ calibre available in the s෴cenario that Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri couldn’t 🔯race is necessary.

Bottas is also available to Williams.

If Bottas returns to the grid in 2025, he must serve a five-place griꦉd penalty.

The 10-time grand prix winner was penalised after colliding with Sergio Perez at the 2024 Abu Dhab♑i Grand Prꦿix.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas eyes 2026 F1 return

Bꦡottas is still motivated to return t𝓡o the F1 grid in 2026.

The 35-year-old’s best chance of making a return will l🍸ikely be with Cadillac.

Cadi𒅌llac will ꦕbecome F1’s 11th team in 2026, opening up two more seats.

The Americꦓan team has already spoken about the need to choose drivers on merit and that at least one of those drivers will need to be experienced.

Bottas will face comp♔etition from Se🅺rgio Perez and Zhou Guanyu to secure the seat.