{"id":397926,"date":"2026-01-09T08:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397926\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:13:10","slug":"bottas-reveals-the-formula-1-team-he-was-quite-happy-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397926\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottas reveals the Formula 1 team he &#8216;was quite happy to leave&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/valtteri-bottas\" title=\"Valtteri Bottas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valtteri Bottas<\/a> could not resist taking a light-hearted swipe at his former team.Appearing on the Hot Ones Versus format on the First We Feast YouTube channel alongside his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/cadillac\" title=\"Cadillac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac<\/a> teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/sergio-perez\" title=\"Sergio Perez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sergio Perez<\/a>, the Finn admitted he felt relieved to have left Sauber after parting ways with the team at the end of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m an honest man \u2014 obviously there are different circumstances around how you leave, and why,\u201d Bottas said.<\/p>\n<p>Prompted by Perez to name names, the Finn responded with trademark candour: \u201cSauber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> Team. I was actually quite happy to leave at the end because of the circumstances \u2014 although I do have some good memories as well.\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/valtteri-bottas-690b76e99037e.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"valtteri-bottas\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: RacePictures<\/p>\n<p>After being replaced by George Russell at Mercedes, Bottas spent three seasons at Sauber alongside Zhou Guanyu \u2014 whom he is now set to reunite with at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/cadillac\" title=\"Cadillac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>With his Sauber stint coming end at the end of 2024, the Finn returned to Mercedes last year as a reserve driver, before securing a full-time race seat once again for the season about to get underway.<\/p>\n<p>Bottas makes Ferrari switch ahead of 2026 season opener<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/valtteri-bottas\" title=\"Valtteri Bottas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valtteri Bottas<\/a> will make a special appearance on track at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, where he is set to drive the legendary Ferrari 156\/85.The event comes in the lead-up to the opening round of the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> season, marking Bottas\u2019s return to competitive action ahead of his full-time comeback with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/cadillac\" title=\"Cadillac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cadillac<\/a> after spending last year on the sidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The Ferrari 156\/85 is best remembered for carrying Michele Alboreto through a season-long championship battle with Alain Prost, a campaign that ultimately saw the Italian finish second in the standings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/valtteri-bottas-set-to-drive-a-ferrari-f1-car-ahead-of-2026-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read the full story here.<\/a>Want to stay up-to-date with what happens in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> paddock? Then GPblog&#8217;s F1 Paddock Update video is the perfect way to do it. Subscribe to GPblog&#8217;s YouTube channel and turn on notifications to never miss the latest episodes. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valtteri Bottas could not resist taking a light-hearted swipe at his former team.Appearing on the Hot Ones Versus&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,4228,48,578,28673,576,577,2191,82,1713],"class_list":{"0":"post-397926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-cadillac","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-f1-news","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-sergio-perez","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-valtteri-bottas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}