For the latest episode of the F1 Nation podcast, host Tom Clarkson is joined by the sport’s newest star in Gabriel Bortoleto, who was recently confirmed as a Kick Sauber driver for the 2025 season.
Bortoleto and Clarkson, along with 1996 champion Damon Hill and former Brazilian F1 racer Luciano Burti, discuss the 20-year-old’s rise to the top of the sport via race-winning stints in F4, F3 and, most recently, F2.
ANALYSIS: Why Sauber chose to go with Bortoleto and youth rather than Bottas and experience
Why did Bortoleto, last year’s F3 champion and the current F2 points leader, choose Sauber? Why have Sauber, ahead of their rebranding to Audi’s works team, chosen him? And what does the deal mean to fans in Brazil?
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