With Sauber confirming F2 driver Gabriel Bortoleto for 2025 and beyond, current Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas may explore a reserve driver role at Mercedes for

Formula 2 points leader Gabriel Bortoleto's hire as part of Sauber's overhauled 2025 Formula 1 driver lineup, effectively means the end of the road for current driver pairing Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu. Sauber will run with Bortoleto and current Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg next season.

Formula 1 will have a full-time Brazilian driver for the first time since 2017 after Sauber announced F2 leader Gabriel Bortoleto will join the team.

The Sauber F1 team has confirmed it will part ways with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu at the end of the 2024 season. Nico Hulkenberg from Haas is set to take

Sauber also confirmed Zhou Guanyu’s departure, ensuring a fresh start for the team with two new drivers in 2025, including Nico Hulkenberg

Sauber has parted ways with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, leaving both drivers without an F1 drive in 2025. For Bottas it ends an unbroken 13-year stint in the sport, during which he won 10 grands prix while driving for Mercedes between 2017 and 2021.

The 25-year-old, who has endured a tough 2 years with the Swiss-based outfit, says he is discussing several options, will give update soon.