{"id":433325,"date":"2025-09-18T09:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433325\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:43:22","slug":"f1-fans-have-just-come-up-with-a-brilliant-new-nickname-for-gabriel-bortoleto-after-slow-jibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433325\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 fans have just come up with a brilliant new nickname for Gabriel Bortoleto after \u2018slow\u2019 jibe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gabriel Bortoleto has shown in recent races why Sauber decided to poach him from McLaren\u2019s academy for the 2025 Formula 1 season.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the Austrian Grand Prix, Gabriel Bortoleto<\/a> has scored 18 points for Sauber<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It means that in the same time period, he\u2019s scored more points than teammate Nico Hulkenberg<\/a> (17) despite the German finishing on the podium at the British Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Bortoleto has outscored Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Racing Bulls rising star Isack Hadjar and established stars like Carlos Sainz and Yuki Tsunoda in the same time period.<\/p>\n

Fernando Alonso has nurtured Bortoleto<\/a> over the past few years, and it\u2019s easy to see the potential that he spotted in the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n

Ted Kravitz believes Bortoleto is on the radar of every top F1 team<\/a>, and it\u2019s easy to see why.<\/p>\n

Hulkenberg has a reputation for being one of the best qualifiers in Formula 1, but Bortoleto is beating him in their head-to-head right now.<\/p>\n\nCategory<\/strong><\/td>\nNico Hulkenberg<\/strong><\/td>\nGabriel Bortoleto<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2024 points<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGrand Prix results<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGrand Prix qualifying<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGrand Prix wins<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGrand Prix poles<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGrand Prix podiums<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nBest finish<\/td>\n3rd<\/td>\n6th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRetirements<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDNS<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDisqualifications <\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFastest laps<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGrand Prix points finishes<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSprint results<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSprint Qualifying<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSprint wins<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSprint poles<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSprint podiums<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The 2025 F1 teammate head-to-head battle of Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto<\/p>\n

His slow start to the campaign could be down to the lack of hours Bortoleto had completed in testing, with McLaren<\/a> handing him very limited TPC [testing in previous cars] time last year.<\/p>\n

Journalist Julianne Cerasoli has shared how Bortoleto\u2019s reputation has quickly changed in his native Brazil.<\/p>\n

His name appears to lend itself well to being adapted into new nicknames in Portuguese, and his latest moniker is much kinder than how he was originally dubbed in his native land.<\/p>\n

READ MORE<\/strong>: Who is 2025 Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto? Everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n

\"SauberPhoto by Jayce Illman\/Getty ImagesGabriel Bortoleto earns new nickname after scoring points for Sauber this season<\/p>\n

Cerasoli was speaking on the Nailing the Apex Podcast, and speaking about the 20-year-old\u2019s burgeoning reputation in his homeland, she said: \u201cSo his nickname, you\u2019re going to like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, Bortoleto doesn\u2019t mean anything. It\u2019s an Italian surname like mine, but at the beginning of the year, he was called \u2018Borto-lento\u2019, so \u2018Borto slow\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot the press, the social media, not the press.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then, this change to \u2018Ponto-leto\u2019, which is \u2018Point-leto\u2019. So he went from slow to points. So yeah.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, he can go back to where he was before easily.\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE<\/strong>: The best Azerbaijan Grand Prix stats you should know as McLaren target impressive championship record<\/a><\/p>\n

Gabriel Bortoleto previews the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after scoring points at Monza<\/p>\n

Bortoleto has only raced at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix<\/a> once, when Formula 2 visited the street circuit last year.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian qualified sixth, before finishing fourth in the Sprint Race and fifth in the Feature Race on his way to securing the title last year.<\/p>\n

Only one point has been scored by a Brazilian driver in Baku when Felipe Massa finished 10th for Williams in 2016.<\/p>\n