Gabriel
Bortoleto

Gabriel Bortoleto was born on 14 October 2004 in Osasco, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. He started karting at the age of seven and moved to Europe at eleven to pursue a racing career. In 2018 he finished third in both the European and World Championships in the OK-Junior class. His car racing debut came in 2020 in Italian F4 with Prema, where he took his first single-seater win at Mugello and ended the year fifth overall. In 2021 he took 15th in the Formula Regional European Championship with FA Racing. A year later, with R-ace GP, he won at Spa and Barcelona and finished sixth in the standings.

Bortoleto won the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Trident in 2023. In 2024 he took the Formula 2 title with Invicta Racing in his rookie season. At Monza he won the feature race from last on the grid, the first driver to do so in Formula 2. The championship was settled at the finale in Abu Dhabi, where he finished second. He was the second Brazilian to win the title, after Felipe Drugovich in 2022. From 2023 to 2024 he was part of the McLaren Driver Development Programme.

In 2025 Bortoleto made his Formula One debut with Sauber, partnering Nico Hülkenberg. He scored his first points in Austria, becoming the first Brazilian to score in Formula One since 2017. He ended the season 19th in the drivers' standings. For 2026 he races for Audi, who have taken over Sauber. At the opening round in Australia he finished ninth, scoring the works team's first points.

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