Mercedes reserve driver Valtteri Bottas is to compete in this weekend’s Monsterrando cycling race, it has been confirmed.

It comes after PlanetF1.com reported that Bottas is closing in on a return to the Formula 1 grid with the new Cadillac team for the F1 2026 season.

Valtteri Bottas to participate in Monsterrando cycling race

Bottas was left without a seat for the F1 2025 campaign after Sauber elected to sign Gabriel Bortoleto as Nico Hulkenberg’s team-mate ahead of the team’s Audi F1 rebrand.

The Finn elected to return to Mercedes, the team with which he claimed all 10 of his F1 victories between 2017 and 2021, for this season.

Bottas has made no secret of his desire to regain a place on the grid for next year, with the 35-year-old emerging as a leading candidate to join the new Ca

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