168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: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 aheaꦦd of qualifying for the 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Alex Albon for F1 2025, with Vowles admitting that the under-pressure168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Logan Sargeant is “at risk” of losing his seat next season.

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

Such a decision would leave 🔯🌠Bottas without a drive and on the hunt for a seat elsewhere.

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

When asked how regularly he visits his for🦹mer team, Bottas replied: “Sometimes!”

“[James] is a good friend of mine. I ran 𝔍out of coffee in our motorhome so I needed 𒁏to get some from there.”

Bottas was tight-lipped when pressed for details on w▨꧂hat was discussed during the meeting.

“[It was] normal thingꦕs, about life!” he said. “Of course, when you’re on the free market, you want to check around what’s out there.

“It’s a pretty normal situation being you’re on the free 🎃marke☂t.”

Bottas outqualified Sargeant on his way to taking 16th place on the grid for Sunday’s grand prix. He also outpaced teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu, who is another driver under threat of being l꧂eft without a drive🦂 for next season.

Vowles has admitted Williams are e🐷valuating their options for 2025, with Sainz believed to be among the candidates. 

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

“When we’re in a position where I♔ can talk aꩲbout 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 the highest level.

“Logan ha🍬s control in his hands, making sure he’s performing at that level. That’s his ability to coꩵntrol.

“I haven’t taken 🦩that away from him. But what’s clear is we also need to be talking to others. And we are.”