Gabriel Bortoleto Oliveira (born 14 October 2004) is a Brazilian racing driver who will be competing in the Formula 1 World Championship for Kick Sauber starting in 2025.
A member of the McLaren Driver Development Program from 2023 to 2024, Bortoleto completed his first Formula One test at the Red Bull Ring in September 2024, driving the McLaren MCL36. He is set to join Sauber in Formula One for the 2025 season onwards, ahead of their acquisition by Audi in 2026.
2025[]
It was announced that Bortoleto would partner Nico Hülkenberg on a multi-year deal from 2025 onwards; the two will replace outgoing duo Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu. He will become the first F2 champion to be directly promoted to a racing seat in Formula 1 since Mick Schumacher's promotion to Haas in 2021 after winning the 2020 Formula 2 championship.
Formula One Career[]
Formula One Record[]
| Year | Entrant | Team | WDC Pts. | WDC Pos. | Report |
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| Youth Career | |||||
| 2023–2024: McLaren Young Driver Programme | |||||
| Senior Career | |||||
| 2025 |  Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
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Sauber-Ferrari | Report | ||
Career Results[]
| Complete Formula One Results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pts | Pos
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| Key | |||||
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| Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | ||
| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | ||
| 2nd | Podium finish | DSQ | Disqualified | ||
| 3rd | DNQ | Did not qualify | |||
| 5th | Points finish | DNPQ | Did not pre-qualify | ||
| 14th | Non-points finish | TD | Test driver | ||
| Italics | Fastest Lap | DNS | Did not start | ||
| 18th† | Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) | NC | Non-classified finish (<90% race distance) | ||
| 4thP | Qualified for pole position | [+] More Symbols | |||
References[]
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| V T E |  Sauber F1 Team
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| Former drivers Bottas · Ericsson · Leclerc · Wehrlein · Nasr · Hülkenberg · Pérez · Kobayashi · Kubica · Heidfeld · Räikkönen · Zhou · more | ||
| Former Personnel Frédéric Vasseur · Pascal Picci · Alex Sauber · Eric Gandelin · Timothée Guerin · Axel Kruse · Beat Zehnder | ||
| Engine Suppliers Ilmor (1993) · Mercedes (1994) · Ford (1995-96) · Petronas (1997-2005) · Ferrari (2010-2018) | ||
| Cars C12 · C13 · C14 · C15 · C16 · C17 · C18 · C19 · C20 · C21 · C22 · C23 · C24 · F1.06 · F1.07 · F1.08 · F1.09 · C29 · C30 · C31 · C32 · C33 · C34 · C35 · C36 · C37 · C44 | ||
| See also BMW Sauber · Alfa Romeo | ||