{"id":183767,"date":"2025-06-14T12:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T12:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/183767\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T12:42:13","slug":"f1-star-reveals-he-was-burgled-by-thief-who-stole-everything-after-breaking-into-his-car-and-nearly-missed-the-canadian-grand-prix-after-passport-was-nicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/183767\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 star reveals he was BURGLED by thief who &#8216;stole everything&#8217; after breaking into his car &#8211; and nearly missed the Canadian Grand Prix after passport was nicked"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Formula 1 driver Gabriel Bortoleto saw his passport stolen by a thief this week<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>The 20-year-old Brazilian is yet to earn a point in his debut season on the circuit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3557\/adam-pogrund.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ADAM POGRUND<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?screen_name=adampogrund&amp;tw_p=followbutton\" class=\"twitter-follow-author\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  05:21 EDT, 14 June 2025   |  Updated:  06:14 EDT, 14 June 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Formula 1 star <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/gabriel-bortoleto\/index.html\" id=\"mol-36041430-4900-11f0-bec7-172c5692eb08\" rel=\"noopener\">Gabriel Bortoleto<\/a> almost missed this weekend&#8217;s Canadian Grand Prix after a thief shockingly broke into his car and stole his passport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Brazilian, who was in Zurich near his\u00a0Sauber team&#8217;s headquarters, also had his computer taken while he was eating dinner and was forced to use a different passport and replacement travel documents as he scrambled to get to Montreal on time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 20-year-old joined Sauber ahead of this season after winning last year&#8217;s Formula Two title but is yet to earn a point in his maiden season on the Formula One circuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A 12th place finish in the Spanish Grand Prix in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/fc-barcelona\/index.html\" id=\"mol-35fc7310-4900-11f0-bec7-172c5692eb08\" rel=\"noopener\">Barcelona<\/a> represented his best result so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And his preparations for the Canadian Grand Prix were dealt a heavy blow as he looks to improve on a challenging campaign, with the thiefs causing &#8216;chaos&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I had gone to dinner one day in Switzerland and they ended up opening the car and taking my backpack,&#8217; the Sauber driver told Brazilian media.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f439cfa01681889c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99369511-0-image-a-1_1749891180535.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Bortoleto almost missed out this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix after a thief stole his passport\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Bortoleto almost missed out this weekend&#8217;s Canadian Grand Prix after a thief stole his passport<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-de8a465be117eb9e\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99370549-14812083-image-a-8_1749894836651.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The 20-year Brazilian revealed that he lost 'everything' after the thieves targeted his car\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The 20-year Brazilian revealed that he lost &#8216;everything&#8217; after the thieves targeted his car<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f794b33822a39023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99370547-14812083-image-a-10_1749894886253.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The Sauber driver is in his first season as an F1 driver but is still waiting to pick up his first point\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The Sauber driver is in his first season as an F1 driver but is still waiting to pick up his first point<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I had my passports, everything inside &#8211; my computer, all my running gear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It was chaos, but we managed to find the guy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Everything worked out in the end, I have my passports. We didn&#8217;t find everything, but we did find some things.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Bortoleto is the 14th highest paid driver on the grid, earning around \u00a31.5million a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The rookie, who replaced former Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas this season, is not the first star to be targeted by thieves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Two years ago, then-Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz chased down thieves and retrieved his \u00a3500,000 watch just hours after competing in the Italian Grand Prix in Milan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While Bortoleto is still looking to pick up his first point of the season, meanwhile, team-mate Nico Hulkenburg sits in 11th on 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite Sauber&#8217;s car being one of the slowest on the grid, the German impressively raced to a fifth-place finish in Spain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a1a8b2cd8c72eae9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99369507-0-image-a-2_1749891207218.jpg\" height=\"432\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The 20-year-old Brazilian is in his first season on the F1 circuit but is yet to pick up a point\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The 20-year-old Brazilian is in his first season on the F1 circuit but is yet to pick up a point<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a7198616f1f03dc8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99369553-0-image-a-3_1749891300020.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"But the\u00a0Sauber driver's team-mate Nico Hulkenburg impressed by coming fifth in Barcelona\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">But the\u00a0Sauber driver&#8217;s team-mate Nico Hulkenburg impressed by coming fifth in Barcelona<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-f2f99316a32356de\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99369529-0-image-a-4_1749891311103.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Carlos Sainz chased down thiefs and retrieved his watch after the Italian Grand Prix in 2023\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Carlos Sainz chased down thiefs and retrieved his watch after the Italian Grand Prix in 2023<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Much attention will be fixed of Max Verstappen this weekend as the season continues at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Red Bull driver is in third place but is a single error away from a race ban after his shocking collision with George Russell in Spain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meanwhile, Brit Lando Norris will be aiming to return to the top of the leaderboard by besting McLaren team-mate and championship rival Oscar Piastri.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        F1 star reveals he was BURGLED by thief who &#8216;stole everything&#8217; 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