Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto partners Nico Hulkenberg to complete Sauber's 2025 lineup. Valterri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu to part ways with the Zurich-based team.

Sauber have confirmed Brazil's Gabriel Bortoleto will drive in 2025 alongside Nico Hulkenberg as the team prepares to transition to Audi for 2026.

Signing Bortoleto, who leads the Formula 2 standings with two rounds to go, gives Sauber a blend of youth and experience alongside the 37-year-old Hülkenberg. German automaker Audi is taking over Sauber, which will be rebranded as the Audi works team for 2026.

Formula 1 will have a full-time Brazilian driver for the first time since 2017 after Sauber announced F2 leader Gabriel Bortoleto will join the team.

He will be lining up against fellow rookies Kimi Antonelli, Oliver Bearman and Jack Doohan next season. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Formula One will have a full-time Brazilian driver for the first time since 2017 after Sauber announced 20-year-old Gabriel Bortoleto on Wednesday to complete the future Audi team's line-up for 2025 and 2026.

Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto has been signed to drive for the Audi-owned Sauber team next year. The 20-year-old, who is leading this year’s Formula 2 championship, will partner German veteran Nico Hulkenberg.

(Reuters) -Sauber announced the signing of Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto on Wednesday to complete the future Audi Formula One team's driver line-up for 2025. The Swiss-based team had earlier announced the departure of Finland's Valtteri Bottas and Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu at the end of the season.