Gabriel Bortoleto He replaced Brazil on the F1 grid after seven years of absence. This weekend, he will debut for the team Kick clean. Born in Osasco (SP), the pilot chose the number 5 To run in Formula 1.
Currently 20 years old, Bortoleto arrives at F1 after being champion of Formula 2 of 2024, when he won the title Invicta Racing, which also took the cup among the teams.
Gabriel Bortoleto: Chances at F1 in 2025
Currently, Sauber is one of the most fragile teams in Formula 1, but hope for great results is in 2026. Audi bought the team in 2024 and, since then, is working on the development of the 26 car, when the team will be called Audi F1 Team and F1 rules for cars will have significant changes.
The great highlights of the new rules are the (light) reduction in the size of the car, the change of the concept (and the use) of the mobile wing and the adoption of a kind of push-to-pass, an overtaking button using the electric motor, with the energy stored in the batteries.
Bortoleto’s contract with the team runs until the end of the 2026 season. It is unlikely to take place victories and podiums in 2025. Any point that comes can already be highly celebrated. However, the expectation for 26 is that the Brazilian has a car to fight for great goals in the season.
Prediction of the rate of team rhythms this start of season by F1TV experts
– F1 intern (@intergiariodaf1)
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Gabriel Bortoleto: Family and titles
Gabriel Lourenzo Bortoleto Oliveira was born on October 14, 2004 and has 1.84 m. He is the son of Andrea Bortoleto and Lincoln Oliveira da Silva, founder of the American Telecommunication Company and shareholder of the group that controls Stock Car Brasil. He has an older brother named Enzo Bortoleto, who was a pilot, had stints at Formula 3 British and Porsche Cup, and is now a businessman.
Gabriel Bortoleto was hired by Sauber accredited by a meteoric evolution. The Brazilian Champion of Formula 3 of 2023 and from Formula 2 of 2024 as a rookie in both disputes. He was also part of the McLaren pilot development program between 2023 and 2024.
GABRIEL BORTOLETE
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2023: FIA Formula 3 Championship Champion by the Trident team, with two wins and six podiums.
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2024: FIA Formula 2 Championship Champion by the Invicta Racing team, accumulating two wins and eight podiums
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Gabriel Bortoleto: History in Automobile
Bortoleto started his trajectory in motorsport at the age of eight, competing in kart championships in Brazil. In 2018, he stood out internationally by winning third place in the Karting World Championship in the OKJ category.
In 2020, he debuted in the monoposts for Prema Powertaam in the Formula 4 Italian Championship, obtaining a victory and five podiums, finishing the season in the fifth overall position. The following year, he competed in the European regional formula for Fa Racing, a team founded by Fernando Alonso, where he reached a podium and finished 15th in the championship.
In 2023, Bortoleto joined Formula 3 by the Trident team, with a rookie champion, with two wins and six podiums. The following year, he competed in Formula 2 for Invicta Racing, winning the title with two wins and eight podiums, becoming the first driver to win both championships consecutively since Oscar Pistri.
In November 2024, he was announced as Sauber’s head pilot for the 2025 season, along with German Nico Hülkenberg, marking the return of a Brazilian to Formula 1 since 2017.
Bortoleto is agreed by Fernando Alonso, who also competes in F1, becoming the first case of a pilot running against his own businessman in the category.
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