How Do McLaren Keep Hold Of Their Star Of The Future?

McLaren are succeeding up front, which has brought its own problems with Lando & Oscar. However, there's ANOTHER young McLaren junior who will soon be knocking on the door. Let's talk about Gabriel Bortoleto.

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[TommoMcCluskey]

Having another McLaren driver from Sao Paulo, following the steps of Ayrton. The vibes would be exceptional, no doubt.

[GeliCarlosJ]

Almost as if there's not enough teams when there's the likes of Bortoleto, Lawson, Pourchaire, Vesti who may never get a shot in F1.

[novakaz]

We are really missing out not having Andretti as a possible 11th team, just having some more great drivers competing would be amazing.

[danmas]

I can’t believe Gabriel put on this monsterclass the same weekend brazil banned twitter. His fans would’ve been going crazy.

[usedtoexistonce]

i know drugovich was good but this guy is the first Brazilian in a while who has a cv as good as the likes of the best to have come out of feeder series
Welcome back to Formula One Brazil

[vanbalzup]

Been a Bortoleto fan for a while now. Not talked about enough at all. Most consistent driver on the F2 grid. And he’s from Brazil…. Need we say more? We NEED a Brazillian in F1 and that is an absolute fact.

[andradejurk]

Think how difficult it is for a rookie to be F3 champion and the following year to be F2 champion! In the Monza race nothing was easy, Bortoleto had to overtake, avoid crashes, and make the pit stop at the right time. A great champion!

[d.k.n]

This is the guy who should be in the headlines, not Kimi.

[jammyrawks]

You did him dirty in that thumbnail Tommo

[dcode]

we need a video about how stacked the f2 grid is, every race has so much action and the championship is super interesting now

[JonathanPeterssonPiano]

I bet Zack will come out and say "We have three number one drivers"

[TheLuizSouza]

As a Brazilian, I can't help but root for Bortoleto. We've been waiting for a Brazilian driver on the grid since 2017, and he seems to be our best chance right now. Hopefully, we get Drugovich into a seat as well sometime in the future!

[danmas]

I’ve seen the script. Fernando and Lance to Aston’s new WEC programme, Drugo and Gabriel to the Aston F1 seats. The Brazilian vibes 🇧🇷

[victorarielbobadilla]

I just gonna say, this year's level in F2 had been amazing, and mostly because of the rookies, Aron, Bortoleto, Colapinto, Antonelli, Durksen, all of them more or less have been stellar and diminished most of the drivers that were racing last season, I think it showed off what the level was... Only Hadjar and bearman have been at their level consistently. Clearly we're on the edge to see a generational change in F1

[scottbrick]

I find it funny now that F2 is a battle with a red bull and McLaren Junior, with the McLaren in P2.

[RangodoRafa]

Great coverage of Gabriel's story so far, the Gran Turismo soundtrack in the back give an extra career vibe 😂

[yt_Ajay_]

I can't believe there are adults born after 2000... Time needs to slow down and take a break

[LawVS]

I reckon that Gabriel might be their insurance in case either Oscar or Lando bails.

[siobhankennedy]

Rumours that Pourchaire AND Bortoleto are both in contention for the second Sauber next year - Binotto was spotted chatting to Gabriel at Monza this past weekend. Bottas, Pourchaire and Bortoleto fighting it out for that final seat - going to be such a difficult decision

[squareroot]

So glad to see such a high quality content about Bortoleto! Sure, junior career before F3 was Ok, but the boy is showing! There is a portuguese interview that he explains how he stayed in podiums during F3 and the knowledge about driving and the humbleness he shows there is impressive for such a young age.