Schumacher's F1 return 'unrealistic' after Audi snub

Audi-owned Sauber has bypassed options like incumbent Valtteri Bottas and Mick Schumacher to confirm rookie Gabriel Bortoleto for the 2025 season.

This decision came despite recent reports from Blick correspondent Roger Benoit, who had previously claimed that Bottas, 34, would remain with the team next year.

"A successful team boss told me on Sunday at the Brazilian GP, 'Sorry, the people in charge at Audi-Sauber gave me the wrong information,'" Benoit explained. "They obviously didn't know themselves!"

With Bottas' looming departure, it means that - for the first time in decades - no Finnish drivers will be on the F1 grid next year.

"It's sad, of course, but it was a bit expected," said former Finnish F1 driver Mika Salo, who also . . .