Tom Clarkson

So I was just watching, you know, you're on boards and being like, come on, come on.

And that's like for me, if I, you know, a race start, for example, is the same.

Like in the first three corners, I can't do anything.

So all I'm looking at is just, you know, the onboard and hoping he's going to make enough positions.

Well, what a year 2025's been and there's even more to look forward to next year because 2026 is the beginning of a very exciting new era for Formula One.

Fast, thrilling and more sustainable racing with new cars and new regulations and a new team.

With the arrival of Cadillac, Formula One will have 11 teams on the grid for the first time since 2016.

And in Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez, who have more than 500 Grands Prix between them, the team will have plenty of experience for what will be a huge first season.

Before he signed for Cadillac, Valtteri and I caught up to find out how he was finding life as a reserve driver for Mercedes, why he was so eager to get back on the grid, and most importantly, whether his hair had changed colour.

It hasn't changed color since last year.

Once it got bleached by the Australian summer the other year, it stayed like this magically.

Do you know what's quite weird is that the hair is as bleached as it is, the mustache is not, so it looks kind of weird.

Kind of weird, but I kind of like it.

Sometimes weird is good.

It's very Mansell-esque.

Thank you.

It's very Mansell.

Have you thought about a goatee and sort of doing a Damon Hill?

I've thought about it, but I like this current style, spec, yeah, let's say.

You know, I did try actually to bleach my mustache last year, but it wasn't a good look.