McLaren junior Gabriel Bortoleto has secured the sole-remaining seat at Sauber to complete the team's F1 line-up for 2025. 

Bortoleto, the reigning Formula 3 champion and Formula 2 points leader, has been chosen to replace the outgoing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zhou Guanyu, whose ex🍸its were also formally confirmed on Wednesday morning. 

The 20-year-old Brazilian will partner168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Nico Hulkenberg at the Hinwil-based outfit next season ahead of Audi's takeover𓆏 in 2026. 

“This is one of the most exciting projects in motorsport, if not in all of sports. Joining a team ♎that combines the rich motorsport history of Sa♔uber and Audi is a true honour," Bortoleto said. 

"Beyond simply being a member, I aim to grow with this ambitious project and reach the pinnacle of motorsport. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity given to me by the team and for the chance to work alongside an experienced driver 💃like Nico. 

"Both programs have a proven t🌼rack record of nurturing young tal🦹ent, and I am confident that together, we will write our own success story.”

New team boss Mattia Binotto 🐻has opted to side for youth rather than experience for the second sea♔t at the soon-to-be-Audi works F1 team. 

“Ga𒁃briel has already demonstrated in the junior categories that he has what it takes to be a winning dri🦹ver. We are very pleased that he will become a team member of Sauber and Audi," Binotto said. 

"Together with🦩 Gabriel, we are on a journey towards success, and we will evolve into a unified force to shape a new era for Audi in motorsport. Nico and Gabriel represent the ideal combination of experience and youth, positioning us strongly for the future.”

Bortoleto, who will be released by McLa▨ren in order to join Sauber, leads the F2 standings by 4.5 p🐟oints over Red Bull junior Isack Hadjar with two rounds remaining in Qatar in Abu Dhabi. 

He will be the first Brazilian ♍driver to race in F1 since former Ferrari and Williams driver Felipe Massa in 2017. 

It m🔥eans there is just one seat left to be filled - at Re𒀰d Bull's sister team RB - in order to complete the F1 2025 grid.