Gabriel Bortoleto F1 Statistics and Results

Season Breakdown

Season

Team

Races

Grand Prix Wins

Podiums

Points

WDC Pos.

2026

Audi

12

0

10

14

2025

kick sauber

24

0

19

Career by Team

Career by Team — Gabriel Bortoleto
Team	Races	Grand Prix Wins	Podiums	Points
kick sauber	24	0	0	19
Audi	12	0	0	10

Home Races

Results at Grands Prix held in the driver's home country (Brazil).

Races

1

Grand Prix Wins

0

Podiums

0

Home Races — Gabriel Bortoleto
Season	Results	#	Points
2025	São Paulo Grand Prix	20	–

Gabriel Bortoleto – biography, career and results

Quick facts

Full name	Gabriel Lourenzo Bortoleto Oliveira
Date of birth	14 October 2004
Place of birth	Osasco, São Paulo state, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Active motorsport career	2011–present (karting to Formula 1)

Who is Gabriel Bortoleto?

Gabriel Bortoleto is one of the rare drivers to win a championship title in his debut season of a series in two consecutive years: in Formula 3 in 2023, then in Formula 2 in 2024. That feat made him only the second driver after Oscar Piastri to pull it off, and it opened a direct route into Formula 1.

The Brazilian, once a teenage admirer of Fernando Alonso, first became a driver for Alonso's own management company, A14 Management, before landing a Formula 1 seat at Sauber in 2025. His rise drew extra attention because he became the first Brazilian driver to score points in Formula 1 since Felipe Massa retired in 2017.

From 2026 he races under Audi's works banner, after the Sauber outfit was transformed into the German manufacturer's full factory team — and at that team's very first race, in Australia, he scored Audi's first constructors' point in Formula 1 history.

The early years

Bortoleto started karting in 2011, aged seven, in his native Brazil. His talent showed quickly, and at eleven he moved with his family to Europe to race internationally — following the path of his childhood idol, Ayrton Senna.

After the move to Europe he built his career as a factory CRG driver in the OK-Junior category. His best karting season came in 2018, when he finished third in both the OK-Junior European Championship and the OK-Junior World Championship (the latter's final held in Kristianstad, Sweden), and also finished runner-up in the WSK Super Master Series and the Andrea Margutti Trophy. He stepped up to the senior OK category in 2019 before moving into single-seaters.

Junior career

Bortoleto switched to single-seaters in 2020 and spent the next four seasons climbing the ladder at a striking pace on his way to Formula 1's door.

Year	Series	Team	Best result / championship standing
2020	Italian F4 Championship	Prema Powerteam	5th overall (4th among rookies)
2021	Formula Regional European Championship	FA Racing (a Fernando Alonso-backed team run by MP Motorsport)	15th overall
2022	Formula Regional European Championship	R-ace GP	6th overall, two race wins (Spa, Barcelona)
2022	Formula Regional Asian Championship (partial season)	3Y Technology by R-ace GP	Race win at Yas Marina
2023	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Trident Motorsport	Champion
2024	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Invicta Racing	Champion

In 2020, in his very first single-seater season, he stood on the podium at Mugello and Monza and took his first single-seater win with Prema at round four in Mugello. His 2021 Formula Regional campaign started harder — the season in which his career first crossed paths with Fernando Alonso's name, driving for the FA Racing team — before he closed out 2022 at R-ace GP with two race wins and sixth place overall.

The 2023 FIA Formula 3 season proved the turning point: racing for Trident, Bortoleto led the championship all year and mathematically clinched the title in Friday qualifying at the season-closing Monza round, following a red-flag stoppage — making him Trident's first champion and the series' first South American champion. His season also earned him the Aramco Best Rookie award.

Moving up a category in 2024, he went straight into a title fight at Invicta Racing in Formula 2, in one of the closest championship battles the series has seen: heading into the final round in Abu Dhabi, he trailed rival Isack Hadjar by just half a point. One of the season's defining moments came in the Monza feature race, which he won from last on the grid — the first driver in F2 history to manage that. He sealed the title with second place behind Joshua Duerksen in the Abu Dhabi finale's feature race, finishing on 214.5 points, 22.5 clear of Hadjar. The result also gave Invicta Racing its first-ever teams' championship, while Bortoleto picked up the Anthoine Hubert Award for the season's best rookie.

The road to Formula 1

As he climbed through the junior ranks, Bortoleto joined Fernando Alonso's management company, A14 Management, in September 2022 — a relationship that stayed with him for the rest of his career. His 2023 Formula 3 title opened the door to McLaren's Driver Development Programme, which he joined that October.

In the middle of his Formula 2 championship season, in September 2024, he got his first Formula 1 test, driving McLaren's MCL36 at the Red Bull Ring. With his title-contending F2 campaign still live, Sauber announced in November 2024 that they had signed him to a multi-year deal for 2025 — moving him straight from McLaren's development programme into a race seat at a rival team. He then wrapped up the F2 world title at the season's final round in Abu Dhabi that December.

Formula 1 career

Bortoleto made his Formula 1 debut in 2025 with Sauber (competing at the time as Kick Sauber), lining up alongside the experienced Nico Hülkenberg. At his debut race in Melbourne he out-qualified his teammate straight away, though he slid off in changeable conditions during the race itself. The season's opening ten races passed without points until Barcelona's upgrade package changed things: he finished eighth at the Austrian Grand Prix for his first career points — and, in doing so, became the first Brazilian driver to score in Formula 1 since Felipe Massa's 2017 retirement. Sixth in Hungary, eighth in Italy and ninth in Belgium followed, and for one stretch of the season he out-qualified Hülkenberg eight sessions running.

From 2026, once Sauber had become Audi's full works Formula 1 team, Bortoleto stayed on alongside Hülkenberg at the new outfit. At the team's first race, the 2026 Australian Grand Prix — where Hülkenberg couldn't even start after a telemetry failure — Bortoleto finished ninth as the only Audi driver in the race, taking the brand's first-ever Formula 1 constructors' point.

Notable results outside Formula 1

Year	Series / race	Team	Result
2018	CIK-FIA OK-Junior European Championship (karting)	CRG factory team	3rd place
2018	CIK-FIA OK-Junior World Championship (karting), Kristianstad	CRG factory team	3rd place
2018	WSK Super Master Series, OK-Junior (karting)	CRG factory team	2nd place
2023	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Trident Motorsport	Champion
2024	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Invicta Racing	Champion

Career timeline

2011 – Starts karting in Brazil, aged seven
2018 – Bronze at the OK-Junior karting European and World Championships
2020 – First single-seater season, in Italian F4 with Prema
2022 – Joins Fernando Alonso's A14 Management agency
2023 – FIA Formula 3 champion with Trident
2023 – Joins McLaren's Driver Development Programme
2024 – FIA Formula 2 champion with Invicta Racing; first Formula 1 test, with McLaren
2025 – Formula 1 debut with Sauber, first points at the Austrian Grand Prix
2026 – Moves to Audi's works F1 team, scores the brand's first constructors' point

Facts about Gabriel Bortoleto's career

He picked car number 5 deliberately: it's the number he won his 2023 F3 title with at Trident, and it also nods to his karting-era number, 85.
He won titles in consecutive seasons — Formula 3 in 2023, then Formula 2 in 2024 — both times in his debut year in the series, making him only the second driver after Oscar Piastri to do so.
In the 2024 F2 season's Monza feature race he won starting from last on the grid, something no one had ever done before in the series' history.
In 2025 he became the first Brazilian driver to score points in Formula 1 since Felipe Massa's retirement in 2017.
In 2026, at Audi's works team's first Formula 1 race, he scored the brand's first-ever constructors' point — as the sole Audi driver on track, with teammate Hülkenberg unable to start.
His career has been guided by Fernando Alonso's management company, A14 Management — the very driver he idolised as a child.

Frequently asked questions about Gabriel Bortoleto's career

When did Gabriel Bortoleto start racing?

He began karting in Brazil in 2011, aged seven, then moved to Europe at eleven to continue racing at international level.

What championship did Bortoleto win before Formula 1?

He won the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Trident in 2023, then the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Invicta Racing in 2024 — both in his debut season in the respective series.

How did Bortoleto make it to Formula 1?

After his 2023 F3 title he joined McLaren's Driver Development Programme, got an F1 test with McLaren in September 2024, then signed with Sauber for the 2025 season in November 2024 while his title-contending F2 campaign was still underway — he secured the F2 world title that December.

Which team did Bortoleto debut with in Formula 1?

He debuted in 2025 with Sauber (then competing as Kick Sauber) as Nico Hülkenberg's teammate, then continued with Audi's works F1 team from 2026, after Sauber became Audi's racing outfit.

Why did Bortoleto choose number 5 in Formula 1?

It celebrates his 2023 F3 title, which he also won with number 5 at Trident, and it references his earlier karting number, 85.

Has Bortoleto raced in sportscar or endurance events?

No — his career ran in a straight line from karting through the single-seater categories to Formula 1, and he hasn't competed in any other category since signing his F1 contract.

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