2024 F1 Driver Lineup. Finnish driver will drop off the f1 grid but is set to accept a new role with his former team, mercedes alex kalinauckas nov 6, 2024, 8:18 am upd: Oliver bearman substituted for carlos sainz jnr at the saudi arabian grand prix and kevin magnussen at the azerbaijan grand prix.
Bottas has been linked with a return to mercedes as reserve driver for f1 2025 with a view to returning to a race seat in f1 2026. Sauber’s signing of brazilian gabriel bortoleto means at least a fifth of the 20 driver formula one grid will be starting a first full season in 2025 with a new wave of young.