168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas has explained the reasoning for his public visit to the Williams motorhome in the Imola F1 paddock.

The Sauber driver was🥂 spotted leaving the Williams hospitality building ahead of qualifying for ﷺthe Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday, with Autosport reporting that Bottas had a 15-minute meeting with team principal James Vowles.

Williams are currently evaluating who to place alongside168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Alex Albon for F1 2025, with Vowles admitting that the under-pressure168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Logan Sargeant is “at risk” of losing his seat next season.

Bottas is out of contract and also faces an uncertain future. With168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Nico Hulkenberg already confirmed at Sauber for 2025, the team that will become Audi in 2026 are rumoured to be interested in signing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz or one of the Alpine drivers.

Such a decision would leave Bottas without a drive and on the hunt for a seat elseওwhere.

The 10-time grand prix winner has been linked with a return to Williams, the team with whom he started his F1 career in 🐠2013 and raced for until earning a move to Mercedes in 2017.

When asked how regularly he visits his former team, Bottas replﷺied: “Sometimes!”

“[James] is a good friend of mine. I ran out of coffee in our motorhome so I needed to get some fr🌄om tꦦhere.”

Bottas was tight-lipped when pressed for detail🌠s on what was discussed during the meet💞ing.

“[It was] normal things, about life!” he said. “Of course, when𒉰 you’re on the free market, you want to check ar🔯ound what’s out there.

“It’s a pretty🐈 normal situation being you’re on the free market.”

Bottas outqualified Sargeant on his way to taking 16th place on the grid for Sunday’s grand prix. He also outpaced teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zhou Guanyu, who is anot🐷her driver under threat of being left without a drive for next season.

Vowles has admitted Williams are evaluating their optio🍌ns for 2025, with Sainz believed to be among the candidates. 

“I’m looking and, at the m⛦oment, it’s about three options for 2025/’26, it’s as simple as that,” he said.

“When we’re in a position🐻 where I can talk about it ▨openly, which won’t be long, we will do.

“But, for now, the direction of travel is we know that we need to be💃 performing at t🍷he highest level.

“Logan has control in his hands, making sure he’s performing at that level. That’s his abi🌳lity to control.

“I haven’t taken that a🥀way from him. But what’s c⛦lear is we also need to be talking to others. And we are.”