will compete at subsequent yr’s Race of Champions as he eyes new racing alternatives after lacking out on an seat for subsequent yr.
Bottas, who has been an ever-present on the F1 grid since 2013, by for 2025 with Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto changing the Finn and Zhou Guanyu.
The 35-year-old is enduring the worst season of his profession, with Sauber and their drivers nonetheless , and appears to be on the way in which out with no F1 seats out there subsequent yr.
Whereas Bottas has been linked with a reserve position at his former group Mercedes, the Finn has confirmed he’ll compete on the Race of Champions on the Accor Stadium in Sydney subsequent March.
Bottas will likely be competing on the occasion for the second time, having raced alongside compatriot and two-time F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen in 2023.
There’s a group occasion on 7 March, earlier than the person competitors a day later.
4-time F1 world champion will alongside fellow German Mick Schumacher, who additionally missed out on a possible seat at Sauber.
Vettel received the person ROC in London’s Olympic Stadium in 2015 and teamed up with Mick’s father Michael to win the Nations Cup for Germany six instances.
Mick – whose two-year stint in F1 resulted in 2022 when he was axed by Haas – completed runner-up on the ROC in Sweden final yr and positioned second alongside Vettel in Mexico in 2019.
The 2025 Race of Champions takes place every week earlier than the primary race of the F1 season – the Australian Grand Prix – at Albert Park, Melbourne.
