Sauber are repo🌌rtedly already considering fresh, future driver options.

They will head into 20☂25 with Nico Hulkenberg as their driver, and Valtteri Bottas 💝hopes to stay alongside him.

The pair of F1 veterans mean Sauber have been labelled a “retirem♚ent home” by , a Swiss-German newspaper.

The newspaper also reports that Sauber are considering who could repl❀ace Bottas, with a young driver at the top of their wish-list.

Gabriel Bortoleto is the driver named by Blick.

Bortoleto currently tops the Formula 2 standings.

But he has missed out onꦛ a prom♓otion into F1 for 2025.

Bortoleto is a 🐎part of McLaren’s driver programme but cou꧃ld sign for Sauber next year, Blick report.

That would enable him to sit in the background for one year before takin🍎g over a full-time race seat, the report claims.

Sauber are the only F1 team to have failed to score a si✨ngle point so far.

They wil💧l retain their current identity next year before becoming Audi - who have big plans - in 2026 when the new rules begin.

Red Bull’s Jonatha𝐆n Wheatley will become team principal, while ex-Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has already joined Audi in a senior role.