Valtteri Bottas heads home, back to the three-pointed star as Third Driver for 2025.

Ten Grand Prix victories. 20 pole positions. 67 podiums, 58 of which with Mercedes F1. A key role in five consecutive Constructors’ World Championships. A storied career. An icon of the F1 paddock. Valtteri Bottas returns to the three-pointed star for the 2025 season.

Dec 19, 2024 · Mercedes have announced that Valtteri Bottas will return to the team as a reserve driver for the 2025 season, after the Finn and Kick Sauber parted company following the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

4 days ago · Valtteri Bottas set to coach Andrea Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto will race for the Swiss-based team in F1 2025, with Bottas and team-mate Zhou Guanyu both ...

Bottas competed in Formula One from 2013 to 2024, and twice finished runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship in 2019 and 2020 with Mercedes; he won 10 Grands Prix across 12 seasons. Born and raised in Nastola, Bottas began kart racing aged six.

Dec 20, 2024 · 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...

Jan 28, 2025 · Valtteri Bottas is set for a return to the cockpit of Mercedes machinery in early March as part of the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, event organisers have announced. Bottas re-joined Mercedes as their F1 reserve driver for the 2025 season after losing his seat at Kick Sauber – the 35-year-old Finn providing valuable support and back-up to ...

Dec 19, 2024 · Valtteri Bottas has returned to Mercedes for the F1 2025 season as a reserve driver, after it was announced he would be leaving Sauber.

Dec 19, 2024 · BRACKLEY, England (AP) — Valtteri Bottas will return to Mercedes as its reserve driver for next year, the Formula 1 team said Thursday. Bottas won 10 races over five seasons at Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton’s teammate from 2017-21.

Dec 19, 2024 · Mercedes and Valtteri Bottas are reuniting with news the Finn has signed up to be the Silver Arrows’ reserve driver in 2025. F1 Correspondent Lawrence Barretto explains why the union makes perfect sense for both parties...