Nerves for Valtteri Bottas as new Audi boss names two potential replacements
Mattia Binotto confirmsꦅ interest in two drivers but remains undecided

Mattia Binotto has named two potential replacements for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas at Sauber.
There are just two vacant seats before the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2025 F1 driver line-up is complete - one at Sauber, and one at RB.
Bottas and teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zhou Guanyu know they are competing over one drive꧅, alongside newcomer Nico Hulkenb♑erg.
Binotto - the former Ferrari team principal w꧙ho has taken on a senior job at Au💖di, who will run as Sauber until 2026 - admits the team are looking at possible new drivers.
F2 driver Gabriel Bort🦩oleto and Sauber reserve Theo Pourchaire (the 2023 F2 champion) are the names in question.
"Theo is o🦄ur present reser♈ve driver and is already part of the family,” Binotto said.
“No doubt that he is on our list.
"Gabriel is doing very well in F2, he has sho📖wn to be a gre💜at talent.
“Certainly we are looking to what he is doing as we are lo๊oking to many others. I don't see that as the only name in which we are focusing oꦇur attention.
"So the💝re are many names on the list - great potential, great experti♎se, great experience.
“Again, it's aꦗ mꦯatter of you need to judge what's most important for us in the short, medium and long-term.
"A clear, clear plan, which today I do not have reꦦally an answ💦er for."
Binotto was spotted deepꦏ in discussion with Bortoletto in the Monza paꦰddock.
His words are a nervy admission for the futur𝕴e plans 🌌of Bottas and Zhou.
EXCLUSIVE: Zhou Guanyu🥃 would ‘accept’ losing out on F1 seat to Valtteri Bottas
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Ve𓂃teran driver Bottas has already set out an important stipulation if Sauber opt t🌳o offer him a renewed deal.
“I'm only intereste🗹d in multi-year𝐆 contract,” he said.
“Because for me, doing just one year, I know that still next yeaওr probably won't be easy😼 for my career.”
Zhou, meanwhile, exclusively told wuqian0821.co🎐m: “Fighting🥂 for a seat with Valtteri, either one of us have it, I’m more than happy if I lose the seat against him.
“Of ꦚcourse there are some drivers you maybe𝔉 doubt why they are having the seat for next year.
“But if it’s just one seat up toꦦ me and hౠim, I want to fight for it but if he has it, I won’t feel very frustrated.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ameri𝄹can sports, to football, to F1.