Drivers
Gabriel Bortoleto
- Team Audi
- Date of birth 14/10/2004
- Place of birth Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Debut Australia, 2025 (Sauber)
Look closer, though, and you’ll soon see why Audi is so bullish about a driver whose high points are already undeniable.
The Brazilian made it to Q3 five times in 2025 – vastly more experienced teammate Nico Hulkenberg managed that once – and Bortoleto’s best was genuinely very good, sixth in Hungary the strongest showing of his debut season.
Late-season stumbles – a frazzled home debut at Interlagos and a wild first-corner crash in Las Vegas – stung, but there’s a reason he has the endorsement of some of the grid’s heaviest hitters, Max Verstappen and (his manager) Fernando Alonso among them.
He – and we – are right to expect more in 2026.
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