Valtteri Bottas will return to Mercedes as its reserve driver for next year. Bottas won 10 Formula 1 races over five seasons at Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton’s teammate from 2017-21.

Valtteri Bottas is rejoining Mercedes as a reserve driver in the 2025 Formula One season. 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 Russell.

Mercedes Formula 1 team have announced a stunning comeback for one of their drivers, marking an astonishing U-Turn. The Brackley-based outfit will have a new driver lineup in 2025, with 18-year-old Kimi Antonelli lining up alongside George Russell following the departure of Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari.