Bottas itching to get his career in fast lane again with new team Cadillac

VALTTERI BOTTAS believes he has “got a good few years in me” as he eyes a return to the grid.

- By Daniel Moxon

The Finn, 35, left, lost his seat last December after three years at Sauber, with new parent company Audi wanting to pick their own racers.

So, he returned as a reserve with Mercedes, where he previously spent five years as Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate and won 10 races.

But he is already fed up with being on the sidelines.

“The first race was probably the hardest,” he said.

“I miss giving it all out there in the qualifying, being on the limit. I miss the racing as a whole.

“It’s like, ‘Damn, I just want to be out there’. To me that confirms that I still feel like I’ve got a good few years of racing in me.

“I never doubted that I wanted to continue racing.

“I want to be back on the grid next year. That’s the target.”