Motor racing-Sauber sign Bortoleto to complete driver line-up

FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Austrian Grand Prix - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria - June 28, 2024 Sauber's Guanyu Zhou and Valtteri Bottas arrive before practice REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

(Reuters) -Sauber announced the signing of Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto on Wednesday to complete the future Audi Formula One team's driver line-up for 2025.

The Swiss-based team had earlier announced the departure of Finland's Valtteri Bottas and Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu at the end of the season.

Sauber, who become Audi in 2026, announced in April that German driver Nico Hulkenberg - currently at Haas - will race for them next season.

(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru/Alan Baldwin; Editing by Peter Rutherford)