Bottas drove for many years for Mercedes before switching to Alfa Romeo (now Sauber) in 2022. With two races left in the season, both Bottas and the other Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu, China, are still on zero points.
Ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix, which takes place next weekend, the 35-year-old Finn tells reporters that there is still "a little work left to do" when it comes to thoughts about the future, but that he doesn't feel done with F1 yet and appreciates Mercedes' unofficial offer.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff recently said that a reunion with Bottas was only "a matter of time". Bottas has started 243 GP races and won ten of them during his five years at Mercedes. He finished second in the World Championship behind the Brit Lewis Hamilton in both 2019 and 2020.
Mercedes is forced to change its lineup next year after Hamilton's move to Ferrari. George Russell will get the Italian teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli as his new teammate.
