Will Valtteri Bottas drive for Mercedes in 2021?

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Will Valtteri Bottas drive for Mercedes in 2021?

Bottas has signed a multi-year contract with Alfa Romeo and will replace fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen at the backmarker squad. Raikkonen finally retires from F1 at the end of 2021, after 20 long years in the sport. Bottas, who will drive alongside Antonio Giovinazzi at Alfa Romeo, currently drives for Mercedes-Benz AMG.

What team is Bottas going to in 2021?

Alfa Romeo team
Thinking positively, Bottas, who joins the Alfa Romeo team next season, said, “That’s going to be important moving on, thinking about the constructors’ titles we won together, the huge amount of points.

What team will bottas drive for?

Bottas is the team’s big signing for 2022 from Mercedes, with Kimi Raikkonen’s record-breaking F1 career heading into its final three races.

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Why did Valtteri Bottas go to Alfa Romeo?

Valtteri Bottas says he made the decision to join Alfa Romeo for 2022 because he wanted a completely new environment to work in. Earlier this year, Mercedes announced that Bottas would be leaving them at the end of the season. The Brackley based team chose to replace him with 23 year old George Russell.

Who is Valtteri Bottas replacing next year?

George Russell
Mercedes has finally confirmed that George Russell will join Lewis Hamilton on a multi-year deal from the 2022 Formula 1 season, replacing the Alfa Romeo-bound Valtteri Bottas.

What is next for Valtteri Bottas?

Valtteri Bottas will join forces with former boss Fred Vasseur at Alfa Romeo from next season, after signing a multi-year deal with the Swiss team. The Finn, who won the GP3 title with Vasseur’s ART Grand Prix team in 2011, will leave Mercedes where he has partnered Lewis Hamilton since 2017.

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What does Valtteri Bottas’ F1 future hold?

Valtteri Bottas still cannot share what his F1 future holds, but has dropped a hint by saying he is looking for a “multi-year contract”. The Finn has never been signed by Mercedes for more than one season at a time, so a longer deal is only likely to happen elsewhere.

Would a multi-year contract be good for Bottas?

“A multi-year contract would be nice, that’s something I never had before in Formula 1,” Bottas told reporters. “That way I definitely could give full commitment to the team, knowing the work will continue. “It needs to be challenging, exciting, fun, in an atmosphere I’d really enjoy working in.

What has Bottas said about Formula 1’s Zandvoort return?

Regarding Formula 1’s return to Zandvoort for the first time since 1985, Bottas has some experience of the circuit albeit way back in 2009 and 2010 in the Formula 3 Euro Series. “It’s a legendary place,” said Bottas. “I enjoyed my races here a long time ago and even then the atmosphere was good and it’s an old-school track.

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