Gabriel Bortoleto continued to emulate Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Oscar Piastri in 2024, following up his rookie Formula 3 title with becoming Formula 2 champion at the first attempt.
The target was to quickly adapt to F2’s new Dallara, and the Brazilian suffered a slow start to the year with reliability woes in Jeddah and getting tangled with Pepe Marti in Australia, before a run of 22 races with only two non-scores catapulted him to the summit, earning him a 2025 F1 seat with Sauber.
