Another piece of the 2025 Formula 1 grid has fallen into place with Gabriel Bortoleto replacing Valtteri Bottas at Sauber.
Sauber is swapping Bottas and Zhou Guanyu for Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg, but has it made the right call? Does Bottas deserve better and what kind of F1 future might Bortoleto have?
Our team give their thoughts below:
Bottas biggest victim of chaotic silly season
Glenn Freeman
If Bottas had stayed on the F1 grid for 2025, nobody was going to be outraged. He's not become one of those over-the-hill drivers who's clogging up a seat.
Instead, he's become a victim of this year's driver market chaos. In the frame for several seats, but never the prime candidate.
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