Finnish Valtteri Bottas leaves the Kick-Sauber team and will be replaced by Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto next year.
Oku.Az is reported with reference to Championat.com.
This means that, for the first time since 1989, there will be no Finnish drivers in the Formula 1 peloton.
So far, Finland has had a total of nine Formula 1 drivers. Eight of them have been on the podium at least once, five have won a Grand Prix, two have been champions once (Keke Rosberg and Kimi Raikkonen) and one has been a double champion. (Mika Hakkinen).
