Mercedes confirms Bottas as reserve driver for 2025

As expected, Valtteri Bottas will rejoin the Mercedes-AMG F1 team as the outfit’s official reserve driver for the 2025 season.

The announcement marks a return to Brackley for the Finn who raced alongside Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes from 2017 to 2021, claiming all of his ten career wins in F1 with the three-pointed star team and contributing to its five consecutive Constructors' World Championships during this period.

After a three-year stint with Sauber, Bottas will return home to...