Valtteri Bottas rumors, news

Valtteri Bottas news, rumors

  • F1 Midweek: Cadillac Bringing American Experience To F1
    • F1 Midweek: Cadillac Bringing American Experience To F1
    On August 26th, Cadillac confirmed that Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas will man the cockpits when the GM luxury automaker debuts in F1 in 2026. ... Continue Reading...2025
  • • Valtteri Bottas Makes Shocking IndyCar Bucket List Admission After Landing Cadillac F1 Seat
    After locking in his F1 seat with Cadillac, Valtteri Bottas shares the one IndyCar ambition he still hopes to achieve someday....2025
  • Sergio Perez, Valtteri Bottas Running for Cadillac in 2026
    • Sergio Perez, Valtteri Bottas Running for Cadillac in 2026
    The new-to-the-grid team will sport a pair of drivers with multiple F1 wins between them....2025
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  • • From NASCAR’s First Race to Formula 1: Cadillac Seals Valtteri Bottas–Sergio Perez Duo for 2026 Debut
    Cadillac confirms Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez as drivers for historic 2026 F1 debut, marking first American manufacturer team in decades....2025
  • • Why Cadillac chose Bottas, Pérez (and not an American) for F1 seats
    There won't be an American behind the wheel of Cadillac's F1 car, but in Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas, there's plenty of race-winning experience....2025
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  • • Cadillac confirm Pérez, Bottas for 2026 F1 debut
    Cadillac has confirmed Sergio Pérez and Valtteri Bottas will form its driver lineup for its Formula 1 debut season in 2026....2025
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  • 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix
    • 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix
    Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images How McLaren responds after the Canadian Grand Prix tops the storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix After a week off, Formula 1 returns to action with the Austrian Grand Prix. However, a few teams likely welcomed the week away from the track. A dramatic collision between McLaren teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris knocked Norris out of the race, and dro...2025
  • F1 driver penalty points after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix incident
    • F1 driver penalty points after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix incident
    Photo by Jay Hirano/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images How many penalty points does each F1 driver have after the Spanish Grand Prix? After a thrilling Formula 1 triple-header, the grid has a chance to catch their collective breath before the next race weekend, the Canadian Grand Prix. And one driver has a chance to collect themselves after an eventful Spanish Grand Prix, a race that...2025
  • F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
    • F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
    Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Images Formula 1 returns this week with pre-season testing. Here’s what to expect Formula 1 is back. This week the entire grid will roar to life for the first time since the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year, which saw McLaren capture their first Constructors’ Championship 1998. The 2025 F1 season is shaping up to be a transformative campaign...2025
  • F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?
    • F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?
    Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images Max Verstappen begins 2025 as the reigning Drivers’ Champion, but also the driver most at risk for a penalty ban The 2025 Formula 1 season is just a few weeks away. At the end of February all ten teams will be back in action at Bahrain International Circuit for pre-season testing, with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix slated for Marc...2025
  • 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season
    • 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season
    Photo by Zak Mauger/LAT Images As 2025 begins, let’s make some bold predictions for the upcoming F1 season With a new year come new opportunities. In the Formula 1 world, that means some new faces in new places and hopes for better performance in the season ahead. For those who cover the sport, a new year and a new season mean more chances to get some predictions wrong. But we forge on, a...2025
  • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Title fights and closing chapters lead F1 storylines for season finale
    • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Title fights and closing chapters lead F1 storylines for season finale
    Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli/Getty Images The F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is shaping up to be an emotional weekend 58 laps. Four drivers. Two teams. One champion. After 23 race weekends could not decide matters, the 2024 Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship comes down to the final weekend of the season, the year-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren entered last weekend with a chance to clinch the...2024
  • Qatar Grand Prix: Max Verstappen wins as the Constructors’ fight shifts to Abu Dhabi
    • Qatar Grand Prix: Max Verstappen wins as the Constructors’ fight shifts to Abu Dhabi
    Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images The 2024 Constructors’ Championship will come down to the final race of the season Max Verstappen did what he needed to do at the start, and over the course of several restarts, to take the win at the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix. But the main story played out in his rear-view mirror, as the results at Lusail International Circuit mean that the 2...2024
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  • Valtteri Bottas hit with grid penalty at F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
    • Valtteri Bottas hit with grid penalty at F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
    Photo by Sam Bagnall/LAT Images Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas has taken a five place grid penalty at the Las Vegas Grand Prix Sauber is still seeking their first points of the 2024 Formula 1 season. If veteran driver Valtteri Bottas is going to deliver those elusive first points at this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand, he faces an even steeper climb now thanks to a grid penalty. The team announc...2024
  • Charles Leclerc and Ferrari shake up the 2024 F1 season with stunning United States GP win
    • Charles Leclerc and Ferrari shake up the 2024 F1 season with stunning United States GP win
    Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Ferrari tops the list of winners and losers from the F1 United States Grand Prix AUSTIN — The joyful smiles in the paddock told the story of Ferrari’s week in Austin. The team arrived in Texas for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix facing questions about their car, and whether Ferrari could turn the McLaren-Red Bull duet at the top of the Construct...2024
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  • McLaren, Mercedes among F1 teams bringing big upgrades to United States Grand Prix
    • McLaren, Mercedes among F1 teams bringing big upgrades to United States Grand Prix
    Jay Janner/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The 2024 F1 season may be winding down but the developmental fight rages on in Austin AUSTIN — The 2024 Formula 1 season may be drawing to a close, but the ongoing development battle shows no signs of slowing down. On Friday all ten F1 teams were required to produce their list of upgrades for the United States Grand Prix an...2024

Valtteri Bottas lifestyle

  • Valtteri Bottas won an F1 break for the second season in a row
    • Valtteri Bottas won an F1 break for the second season in a row
    He might not have a seat on the grid for next season, but Valtteri Bottas remains winning in the game of life Race car drivers are absolutely a different breed. It takes a special type of person to strap themselves into a rocket ship on wheels and push it to the limit, risking life and limb as dozens of other similarly-minded individuals do the same thing around you, pushing themselves to the lim...2024
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "The team launched their first collection with adidas on Thursday, with Wolff in attendance along with Russell, Antonelli, and reserve driver Valtteri Bottas, who makes his return to Mercedes after driving for Sauber the past few seasons."

  • 2024
    "Sauber currently has Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas in the fold, but both drivers are set to see their contracts expire at the end of the 2024 campaign."

  • 2023
    "The signs were there for a strong weekend from Alfa Romeo on Friday, when both Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas posted the two best times of the day among drivers on the medium compound."

  • 2022
    "The Valtteri Bottas of 2022 is a world away from the one of 2018, who almost quit F1 for good after struggling to keep pace with then-Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton."

  • 2021
    "Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton "seemed to open the sea" for Max Verstappen to lead into Turn 1 of the Mexican Grand Prix."

  • 2020
    "Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes Mercedes is clearly favouring Lewis Hamilton over his teammate Valtteri Bottas this year."

  • 2019
    "Valtteri Bottas finished fifth at the weekend's Artic Lapland Rally in Finland, winning a stage along the way."

  • 2018
    "Valtteri Bottas challenged ESPN to a race on his home turf in Finland."

  • 2017
    "Valtteri Bottas beat teammate and 2017 world champion Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Mercedes converted its impressive weekend pace into a front-row lockout."

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Valtteri Bottas trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • Sergio Pérez’s potential F1 return gets a boost from Jonathan Wheatley
    • Sergio Pérez’s potential F1 return gets a boost from Jonathan Wheatley
    Photo by Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images Sauber Team Principal Jonathan Wheatley has no questions over Sergio Pérez’s race pace A potential return to the Formula 1 grid for Sergio Pérez has been given a boost by one of his former bosses. Sauber Team Principal Jonathan Wheatley, who took that role after years as the Sporting Director at Red Bull, told the official F1 channel that he has...2025
  • Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?
    • Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?
    Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Making sense of the Max Verstappen to Mercedes rumors Formula 1’s silly season kicked into high gear early a season ago, with Lewis Hamilton’s shocking decision to leave Mercedes at the end of the 2024 campaign and move to Ferrari. Could another champion be headed to his former team? F1 is ablaze this week with rumors of Max Verstappen making a shocking...2025
  • Sergio Pérez talks Red Bull departure and his F1 future
    • Sergio Pérez talks Red Bull departure and his F1 future
    Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Former Red Bull driver Sergio Pérez opened up about his departure from Red Bull and his potential return to the grid The 2024 Formula 1 season saw Red Bull slip from the top of the Constructors’ Championship standings as McLaren claimed top honors, denying Red Bull a third consecutive title. Now one of their former drivers is opening up on where things w...2025
  • • 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix
    2025
  • What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?
    • What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?
    Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images With Cadillac confirmed for the 2026 F1 season, what does the driver lineup look like for next year? The 2024 Formula 1 driver transfer season kicked into gear with a stunning decision: Lewis Hamilton’s announcement that he was going to leave Mercedes and drive for Ferrari starting in 2025. Over the following weeks, intrigue followed the sport as the driver sil...2025
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  • • F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
    2025
  • • 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season
    2025
  • Valtteri Bottas returns to Mercedes F1
    • Valtteri Bottas returns to Mercedes F1
    Photo by Steve Etherington/LAT Images What’s next for Valtteri Bottas? A trip home to Mercedes Valtteri Bottas is coming home. The Finnish driver announced on Thursday that he was returning to Mercedes for the Formula 1 season, as the team’s reserve driver. Bottas spent five F1 seasons driving for Mercedes alongside Lewis Hamilton, helping the team win five consecutive F1 Constructors’ Cha...2024
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  • • Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Title fights and closing chapters lead F1 storylines for season finale
    2024
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  • Valtteri Bottas would ‘consider’ a return to Mercedes as a reserve driver
    • Valtteri Bottas would ‘consider’ a return to Mercedes as a reserve driver
    Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images At the F1 Mexico City Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas admitted that a return to Mercedes as a reserve could be on the table With the 2024 Formula 1 season winding down, there are a few small matters of business left to be decided regarding the 2025 driver grid. One of those seats? The second spot at Sauber alongside Nico Hülkenberg. While the team has already c...2024
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Valtteri Bottas stats and results

  • Max Verstappen is locked into his toughest streak in years
    • Max Verstappen is locked into his toughest streak in years
    Photo by Jayce Illman/Getty Images If you wanted another example of Max Verstappen’s brilliance over the past six F1 seasons, here it is While Max Verstappen claimed victory in the F1 Sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend, he only managed a fourth-place finish in the main event on Sunday. Verstappen started in P4 when the lights went out, and while he gave it every effort to c...2025
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  • Valtteri Bottas participates in Mercedes test as rumors swirl over his F1 future
    • Valtteri Bottas participates in Mercedes test as rumors swirl over his F1 future
    Mercedes reserve Valtteri Bottas is completing a test session with the team as rumors over his F1 future continue Valtteri Bottas may be serving as a reserve driver for Mercedes right now, but his potential Formula 1 future remains one of the major discussion points in the paddock. With the veteran driver linked to both the incoming Cadillac team for next season, and a potential move to Alpine for...2025
  • • Sergio Pérez’s potential F1 return gets a boost from Jonathan Wheatley
    2025
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  • • Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?
    2025
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  • • Sergio Pérez talks Red Bull departure and his F1 future
    2025
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  • • 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix
    2025
  • • F1 driver penalty points after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix incident
    2025
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  • • What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?
    2025
  • • F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
    2025
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  • • F1 2025: How many penalty points does each F1 driver have heading into the new season?
    2025

Valtteri Bottas parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend

  • • Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?
    2025
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  • Valtteri Bottas hints at F1 future on social media
    • Valtteri Bottas hints at F1 future on social media
    Photo by Stefano Facchin/Alessio Morgese //NurPhoto via Getty Images In a video on social media Valtteri Bottas gave his biggest hint yet regarding his F1 future The 2026 Formula 1 season will look very different than the current campaign. In addition to new technical regulations that will shake up the grid, the number of teams will expand by one with the arrival of Cadillac. That means th...2025
  • • 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix
    2025
  • • F1 driver penalty points after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix incident
    2025
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  • Cadillac’s Graeme Lowdon lists Colton Herta and Jak Crawford as F1 options for 2026
    • Cadillac’s Graeme Lowdon lists Colton Herta and Jak Crawford as F1 options for 2026
    Photo by Steven Tee/LAT Images American drivers Colton Herta and Jak Crawford are among the options for the incoming Cadillac F1 team in 2026 Now that Cadillac’s entry as the 11th Formula 1 team has officially been confirmed for the 2026 season, they can turn their attention to getting ready for the upcoming campaign. Which includes building a car for the track, and hiring drivers to climb...2025
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  • • What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?
    2025
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  • • F1 2025: Pre-season testing, explained
    2025
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  • Toto Wolff hails Mercedes F1’s reinvention ahead of 2025 season
    • Toto Wolff hails Mercedes F1’s reinvention ahead of 2025 season
    Mercedes boss Toto Wolff talked Lewis Hamilton and more as the team launched their adidas kit for the 2025 F1 season Mercedes is ushering in a new era this Formula 1 season. With living legend Lewis Hamilton beginning his journey at Ferrari after departing the team, Mercedes is turning to young phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli to drive alongside George Russell. In addition, the team welcomed a new clo...2025
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  • • 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season
    2025
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  • • Valtteri Bottas returns to Mercedes F1
    2024
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Top Valtteri Bottas news

  • • Lewis Hamilton grabs pole and more winners and losers from qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix
    Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images Hamilton was one of the big winners from qualifying on Saturday at the Hungaroring In recent weeks, qualifying sessions have provided some thrills for Formula 1 fans. Saturday in Budapest was no different. Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix is in the books, and for just the second time this year a non-Red Bull car will be at the front of the grid. L...2023
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  • • Horner: It's obvious Mercedes favours Hamilton over Bottas
    2020
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  • • Valtteri Bottas unveils incredible Pac-Man helmet for the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix
    Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images Bottas’ helmet is one of many sleek designs for F1’s marquee event The Monaco Grand Prix is the marquee event of the Formula 1 season, which often leads to drivers pulling out all the stops both on the track, and off it. Perhaps the clubhouse leader in the helmet category this week is Valtteri Bottas. The Alfa Romeo driver unveiled his incredible Pac-Man in...2023
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  • • Bottas beats Hamilton to pole as Ferrari flops in Austria
    Valtteri Bottas secured pole position for the opening race of the 2020 Formula One season, beating teammate Lewis Hamilton to pole position by 0.012s, while Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel failed to make it out of the second qualifying session....2020
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  • Mercedes 'opened the sea' for Verstappen at T1
    • Mercedes 'opened the sea' for Verstappen at T1
    2021
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  • • Valtteri Bottas sums up the end of FP2 perfectly
    The rain finally came during practice for the Canadian Grand Prix, and Valtteri Bottas set the scene perfectly Friday featured a bizarre pair of practice sessions ahead of the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix. The first practice session drew to a close after just four minutes, as Formula 1 officials dealt with a failure of the track’s CCTV system. Race officials in Montreal could not fix the issue, and t...2023
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  • • Bottas says Mercedes was 'sleeping' when Verstappen got ahead
    Valtteri Bottas said Mercedes left the door wide open for Max Verstappen to win the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix....2020
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  • • Ocon on his new start at Renault, his relationship with Verstappen and how close he came to a Mercedes drive
    New Renault driver Esteban Ocon talks to ESPN about his year on the sidelines, how close he came to taking Valtteri Bottas' drive at Mercedes this year and how he thinks he stacks up against the likes of Verstappen and Leclerc....2020
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  • • Why Cadillac chose Bottas, Pérez (and not an American) for F1 seats
    2025
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  • • Cadillac confirm Pérez, Bottas for 2026 F1 debut
    2025
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  • • Max Verstappen is locked into his toughest streak in years
    2025
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  • • Valtteri Bottas participates in Mercedes test as rumors swirl over his F1 future
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  • • Sergio Pérez’s potential F1 return gets a boost from Jonathan Wheatley
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  • • Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?
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  • • Sergio Pérez talks Red Bull departure and his F1 future
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  • • Valtteri Bottas hints at F1 future on social media
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  • • 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix
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  • • F1 driver penalty points after Max Verstappen’s Spanish Grand Prix incident
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Valtteri Bottas rumors, scandals

  • • Would Max Verstappen really leave Red Bull?
    2025
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  • Cadillac F1 ‘advancing discussions’ with several drivers for next season
    • Cadillac F1 ‘advancing discussions’ with several drivers for next season
    Photo by Song Haiyuan/Paddocker/NurPhoto via Getty Images The incoming Cadillac F1 team is getting closer to naming their drivers Next season the Formula 1 grid grows by one team, as Cadillac joins the sport to become the 11th team. The addition of a new F1 team means there are two open seats to be filled during the driver “silly season,” which has led to a tremendous amount of speculation...2025
  • • Valtteri Bottas hints at F1 future on social media
    2025
  • • 6 F1 storylines for the Austrian Grand Prix
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  • • What does the 2026 F1 driver lineup look like?
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  • • 9 bold predictions for the 2025 F1 season
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  • • Valtteri Bottas returns to Mercedes F1
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  • Lewis Hamilton reflects on ‘emotional’ final F1 season with Mercedes ahead of Abu Dhabi GP
    • Lewis Hamilton reflects on ‘emotional’ final F1 season with Mercedes ahead of Abu Dhabi GP
    Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images Ahead of the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton looked back at his years with Mercedes, and an ‘emotional’ final season with the team This weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks not just the end of the 2024 Formula 1 season, but also several closing chapters in the sport. Drivers such as Kevin Magnussen, Zhou Guanyu, and Valtteri Bottas will be leaving f...2024
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  • Sauber completes their driver lineup for 2025 F1 season with Gabriel Bortoleto
    • Sauber completes their driver lineup for 2025 F1 season with Gabriel Bortoleto
    Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Gabriel Bortoleto earns a full-time seat with Sauber Sauber ended months of speculation on Wednesday, filling out their driver lineup for the 2025 Formula 1 season. Welcome to the grid, Gabriel Bortoleto. After announcing back in the sprint that veteran driver Nico Hülkenberg would move to the team for the 2025 season, a year before Sauber becomes the Audi ...2024
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  • Daniel Ricciardo’s last stand
    • Daniel Ricciardo’s last stand
    Photo by Clive Rose - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images The Singapore Grand Prix begins with Daniel Ricciardo facing an uncertain F1 future Daniel Ricciardo’s shocking mid-season return to the Formula 1 grid a year ago had the makings of the latest dream ending in the sport. But as the grid arrived in Singapore for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, that dream ending seems to have the...2024

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