DRIVER OF THE DAY: A career-best drive earns Bortoleto your vote in Hungary
For the second time this season, Kick Sauber's young star takes the honours.

The young Brazilian is proving to be a 2025 rookie sensation. Bortoleto qualified a superb seventh for the resurgent Kick Sauber team and then went one better in the Budapest race, battling hard and managing his tyres to make a one-stop strategy work. The outcome was a career-best sixth place - and he earned your recognition. Here’s how the voting broke down…
Gabriel Bortoleto - 18.8%
Fernando Alonso - 18.3%
Charles Leclerc - 15.2%
Lando Norris - 9.8%
Oscar Piastri - 7.7%

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