Gabriel Bortoleto is set to experience his first São Paulo GP as an F1 driver this weekend, following an impressive points finish in Mexico City. The young Brazilian secured tenth place at the Mexico City GP just two weeks ago, climbing from 16th on the grid to claim a championship point for Sauber. Now, he…
Ahead of Gabriel Bortoleto’s first F1 race at home in Brazil, Nico Hülkenberg has praised his Sauber teammate ahead of the São Paulo GP weekend. A very strong relationship between Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto Speaking in his print media session ahead of Sunday’s F1 São Paulo GP, Nico Hülkenberg was asked about his relationship…
Nico Hülkenberg had a very disappointing end to his F1 Mexico City GP as he retired on Lap 25 due to a power unit issue. Since his inaugural Formula 1 podium at Silverstone, Hülkenberg has only managed to finish in the points once in the last eight races (COTA). The German driver had a promising result…
After a disappointing qualifying that left him in 16th, Bortoleto bounced back to finish 10th, scoring a point at the F1 Mexico City GP. Despite qualifying struggles earlier in the weekend, the Kick Sauber driver had good pace, finishing 5th in FP1, 15th in FP2, and then 10th in FP3. From qualifying frustration to race…
The backmarker teams in F1 are tight heading into the Mexico City GP weekend. Ahead of the Mexico City GP, Team Principal of Sauber, Jonathan Wheatley, revealed that the battle could come down to victory for those that make the fewest mistakes. With Sauber only 11 points ahead of Haas, the battle for the top…
Sauber Team Principal Jonathan Wheatley discussed the issues encountered by his driver Gabriel Bortoleto in the 2025 US GP. In fact, the Brazilian driver ended his first race at Austin far at the back of the grid in P18, whereas teammate Nico Hulkenberg had achieved a very positive top start on Friday for the Sprint…
Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto struggled all weekend at the F1 US GP, starting 16th and finishing 18th. It was the first time that the Brazilian rookie failed to make it out of Q1 since Silverstone. The result also marks a three race points drought after scoring in four of his previous six races. Bortoleto “just off”…
2025 marks a new year of opportunities for younger drivers or ones with plenty of experience in other categories as each team needs to give a rookie driver or drivers four opportunities in their cars during the season in F1 FP1 sessions. In previous years it had been just two, with many saving the second…
Nico Hülkenberg had an outstanding Friday to open the F1 US GP weekend for Sauber, setting the second-fastest practice lap before qualifying 4th for Saturday’s sprint race at Austin. It represents Hülkenberg’s best starting position for any F1 race since 4th at the sprint race at Red Bull Ring with Haas in 2023. It is…
Sauber F1 team principal Jonathan Wheatley has opened up about Nico Hülkenberg’s lowly P20 finish, Gabriel Bortoleto’s performance, the drivers’ one-lap pace, and team morale following a difficult Singapore GP on Sunday. Hülkenberg put his recent streak of tricky qualifying sessions behind to emerge as the leading Sauber on the grid. He set the eleventh-fastest…
