The Briton took a winter break after the previous season and has returned with a clearer mindset for the 2022 Championship.
Valtteri Bottas left the Mercedes F1 team at the end of the 2021 season, having played a part in the team winning 5 constructor's titles.
Sergio Perez played a key role in Max Verstappen's world driver's championship win in 2021, often holding up rival Lewis Hamilton.
The partnership between Bottas and Hamilton helped Mercedes clinch a record-eight consecutive constructors' title.
The 31-year-old Sergio Perez showed flashes of brilliance at Red Bull in the 2021 F1 season, but Mercedes still won the constructor's title.
Valtteri Bottas, who will join Alfa Romeo for the 2022 Formula 1 season, won five constructor's championships during his time at Mercedes.
Lewis Hamilton won the Saudi Arabian GP to ensure he is level on points with F1 title rival Max Verstappen going into the final race week.
Guanyu Zhou will become China's first-ever Formula 1 driver in 2022, having been signed by the Alfa Romeo team for the upcoming season.
A poor start from the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas at the Mexican GP spelled the end of any hopes they may have had of winning the race.
Valtteri Bottas registered his first win of the 2021 Formula 1 season at the Turkish GP, yet he isn't the main talking point after the weekend.