Valtteri Bottas has issued Williams an imminent deadline to agree a contract for the 2025 season after the Sauber driver secretly met the Formula 1 team at Silverstone. Talks have taken place between Williams and Bottas as the Grove squad consider moving on from Logan Sargeant. An attempt to tempt Carlos Sainz to join Williams in 2025 has also not paid off ahead of the Spaniard leaving Ferrari at the end of 2024 to see Lewis Hamilton join. Williams team principal James Vowles was not afraid to publicly name Sainz as his top target if they replace Sargeant. But the winner of the 2024 Australian…
