With Sauber confirming F2 driver Gabriel Bortoleto for 2025 and beyond, current Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas may explore a reserve driver role at Mercedes for

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.

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.

The Sauber F1 team has confirmed it will part ways with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu at the end of the 2024 season. Nico Hulkenberg from Haas is set to take

Sauber also confirmed Zhou Guanyu’s departure, ensuring a fresh start for the team with two new drivers in 2025, including Nico Hulkenberg

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.

Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto has reportedly been chosen as second driver for the Sauber Formula One team which will become an Audi works team from 2026. Multiple reports on Sunday spoke of an all but done deal that Bortoleto will take the place of veteran Valtteri Bottas and partner Nico Hülkenberg who arrives from Haas next year.