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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kieran Jackson

Valtteri Bottas reunites with Mercedes F1 team after missing out on 2025 seat

Valtteri Bottas has returned to Mercedes as the team’s F1 reserve driver in 2025.

Sauber dropped the Finnish driver at the end of the 2024 season after three years together but Bottas will rejoin the Silver Arrows - where he raced from 2017-2021 and claimed five constructors’ titles in a row - as backup to George Russell and Kimi Antonelli next year.

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