Toto Wolff believes Valtteri Bottas deserves a seat back in Formula One amid speculation linking the Finnish driver with Cadillac for 2026.

The 35-year-old driver spent 12 consecutive seasons on the grid , making his debut in 2013 for Williams before moving to Mercedes – where he won 10 races across five years – and Sauber.

Bottas has spent this season as a reserve at Mercedes but with American-owned Cadillac joining the grid as F1 ’s 11th team next year, the Finn is being heavily linked with one of their two seats alongside the likes of Sergio Perez, Mick Schumacher and Felipe Drugovich.

Wolff, who re-signed Bottas as back-up for George Russell and Kimi Antonelli this year, insists the 35-year-old would be “absolutely on the pace” if recalled to the cockpit.

“Valtteri has b

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