#F1 - Valtteri Bottas heads home: Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team
Press Information 19 December 2024 F1: Driver Announcement VB Returns The question is answered 10 Grands Prix victories. 20 pole positions. 67 podiums. A key role in five consecutive Constructors' World Championships. A storied career. An icon of the F1 paddock. But what's next? An age-old question. One asked by humanity for millennia. Today, the answer. Valtteri Bottas heads home, back to the three-pointed star as Reserve Driver for 2025. Valtteri said: "I'm happy to finally answer the question I've posed over the past month. Returning home to the Mercedes family as Third Driver for 2025 is what's next and I couldn't be more pleased. I want to thank Toto, the team at Brackley, and everyone at the three-pointed star for welcoming me back with open arms. "Despite the challenges of the past few years, I know that I've still got so much more to contribute to F1. Since I was a five-year-old kid growing up in Nastola, Finland, my...