The 35-year-old Bottas spent five seasons from 2017 to 2021 at Mercedes driving alongside Lewis Hamilton before moving to Alfa Romeo, which later became Sauber. Bottas had a roller coaster ride at ...

Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C42. Formula 1 Testing, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi… Life with Alfa Romeo started strongly for Bottas with six points finishes in the opening seven races.

After Mercedes made the decision to pair Hamilton with George Russell for the 2022 season Bottas drove for Alfa Romeo — which became Sauber this past year — for the past three years.

In 2022, Bottas was drawn to Sauber, which was Alfa Romeo at the time, urged on by the vision presented to him by then-principal Fred Vasseur. However, the surprise departure of Vasseur in January ...

Since he left Mercedes for Sauber, then branded Alfa Romeo, Bottas has opened up on his mental struggles during those times. He clearly found it tough to be himself in a rather corporate ...

Bottas won 10 races with Mercedes as a teammate of Lewis Hamilton from 2017-21. In 2022, he joined Alfa Romeo — which became the Sauber team — when Mercedes passed him over in favor of George ...

Valtteri Bottas will return to Mercedes as a reserve driver for the 2025 season, the Formula One team announced on Thursday, ...