Valtt🐠eri Bottas has returned to Mercedes’ Formula 1 factory to complete a seatဣ fit ahead of the 2021 season.

In a video released by Mercedes on its YouTube channel, the reigning world champions have provided exclusive access to fans to s♈how what goes on behind the scenes at its factory in Brackley. 

The seat fit appeared to go smoothly with Bottas telling his engineers: “it feels like home” as he returned to a Formula 1 cockpit for the first tim♑e since December. 

ꦡMercedes wil🃏l launch its 2021 F1 car - the W12 - on March 2.

2021 will be the Finn’s fifth season with Mercedes as he looks to finally mount a credible title charge against seven-time world champion teammate Lewis Ha🍒milton.

Bottas starte꧟d 2019 and 2020 with wins in the seaಞson-opening rounds in Australia and Austria but quickly fell away as he was unable to match the sheer pace and race consistency of Hamilton. 

This coming campaign looks set to be the most important for Bottas with Mercedes junior George Russell waiting i𒅌n the wings to replace him should the team opౠt to break up the pairing which has seen it win four consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ championships. 

With Bottas, Hamilton and Russell all out of co💛ntract at the end of the season, the rumour millꦜ will not be coming to a halt anytime soon.

Bottas' first real opportunity to drive the W12 will be in Bahrain f꧅or pre-season t𒈔esting which gets underway on March 12.

💟The 2021 season kicks off in Bahrain on March 28.