Valtteri Bottas has signed up for next March's Race of Champions after losing his place on the Formula 1 grid. The Finn has been replace at Sauber who have decided instead to go with an all-new driver line-up for 2025. Rookie Gabriel Bortoleto will partner veteran racer Nico Hulkenberg , leaving Bottas seatless. But fans will still get to see him in racing action next March in Australia . A week before the F1 season begins in Melbourne, Bottas will be found around 500 miles to the north-east in