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The 2025 Formula 1 grid is almost complete after Sauber finally confirmed their second driver for next season. Gabriel Bortoleto has been released from the McLaren driver program to join Sauber for next season and will be racing alongside Nico Hulkenberg when Audi officially take over in 2026. The Brazilian is the fourth rookie to be confirmed to be joining the grid next year alongside Kimi Antonelli, Oliver Bearman and Jack Doohan, with Liam Lawson almost certainly set to join them. It’s a sign of the direction F1 is going in that it’s not just midfield teams like Haas and Alpine taking a ris…