Bottas will fade into obscurity at Alfa, how long did Bottas get a contract, after that will be the end of career.
It must be really difficult for drivers who are in a top car, but then get moved to a car that's further back on the grid. I don't know how they maintain their motivation. Bottas will be an example next season, but it happens plenty of times. Vettel is perhaps the most notable of the current drivers, or maybe Alonso. It must be frustrating for these drivers to see worse drivers overtaking them simply because they have better cars. Of course we can say that the best drivers will always gravitate to the best teams, but it isn't always the case because with only 2 drivers per team, and multi-year contracts, it's rare that a space opens up.
I think the best example is currently and the last year Kimi, with his car it is the last few years impossible to get under the points in a normal race and in the radio calls you can still hear that he is motivated to drive, but now he hangs the Formula 1 helmet on the nail, if he wanted he would have certainly still got a contract.
https://www.speedweek.com/formel1/news/183169/Kimi-Raeikkoenen-WM-Punkt-futsch-wegen-Giovinazzi.htmlAlonso and Vettel have at least a car that can drive in the points, Aston Martin and Renault are strong enough on their own to get into the points, Alfa had certainly also by the weak engine the last 2 years big problems.