Gabriel Bortoleto will be released from the McLaren Driver Development programme at the end of the 2024 season to pursue a new opportunity i

Sauber has announced the arrival of Gabriel Bortoleto as a driver for the 2025 season. The 20-year-old Brazilian, current leader of the F2 championship, will partner with German Nico Hulkenberg

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.

The Swiss outfit, which becomes Audi in 2026, has opted for the latter; Valtteri Bottas will leave the team at the end of the year, and F2 championship leader Gabriel Bortoleto will join in the Finn's place.Read Also: Sauber's hiring of the promising ...

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.

It was announced on Wednesday morning that after Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou will leave Sauber, and that Gabriel Bortoleto will join the team. But what does this mean for McLaren, where the Brazilian is a development driver this season.

Gabriel Bortoleto “has been added to the group chat”, Sauber wrote on X as they confirmed the former McLaren junior driver as Nico Hulkenberg’s 2025 team-mate. Less than an hour after announcing both Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu would not continue with the team in F1 2025,