Consistency throughout the yr fashioned the foundations to his title-winning effort, after he started the yr with consecutive Characteristic Race wins in Sakhir and Melbourne to ascertain himself out in entrance as championship chief.
From that time on, he by no means misplaced that early lead, lacking out on factors solely twice throughout the remaining 14 races en path to the title. He mathematically secured the 2023 crown forward of the ultimate two races at Monza.
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Rookie Bortoleto leads the best way in System 2
It earned him fast promotion to System 2 with Invicta Racing for 2024, and he at the moment heads up the sphere as championship chief going into the ultimate two rounds of the F2 season.
With two race wins and 5 podiums in complete throughout 2024, Bortoleto is now aiming to hitch the likes of Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Oscar Piastri in profitable back-to-back titles in F3/GP3 and F2 en path to System 1.
Bortoleto’s spectacular F3 marketing campaign attracted consideration from the F1 paddock, and he was snapped up by McLaren forward of 2024 to hitch the workforce’s Driver Improvement Programme. All through this yr, the Brazilian has frolicked at Woking and carried out simulator work with the workforce.
Nevertheless, as rumours continued to swirl within the driver market across the vacant Sauber seat, Bortoleto emerged as a critical candidate on the Swiss outfit.
