Valtteri Bottas has opened up on his talks with Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff for a role that would allow him to stay in F1.

Having been replaced at Sauber for the 2025 Formula 1 season by Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto, Valtteri Bottas is likely to return to Mercedes as a reserve but also plans to race at one event

Bottas will line up alongside fellow former F1 drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher in the annual event. That’s one 2025 drive secured for Valtteri Bottas. Sauber announ

Valtteri Bottas has admitted he might be open to returning to Formula 1 with General Motors as he all but dismissed that he could remain on the 2025 grid at Red Bull. Bottas is poised to miss out on a place next season amid Sauber’s decision to go with a new driver line-up, but he has expressed a desire to come back down the line.

Valtteri Bottas believes that there are people at Red Bull who ‘don’t like’ him, ruling out the reigning world champions as a landing spot for 2025 and beyond. The Finn would, however, be interested in joining the General Motors-Cadillac entry in 2026.