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Bortoleto: Going from F2 title to again of F1 grid more durable than anticipated
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Bortoleto: Going from F2 title to again of F1 grid more durable than anticipated

Motorsports April 11, 2025
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Sauber rookie Gabriel Bortoleto has admitted he has discovered it more durable than anticipated to go from a Components 2 successful marketing campaign to the again of the grid in Components 1.

Bortoleto received back-to-back junior titles in F2 and F3, which earned him his F1 promotion this yr on the Audi-owned Sauber squad.

The Swiss group has to date struggled to make a lot progress from its 2024 horror exhibits. In Australia Nico Hulkenberg did properly to capitalise on a chaotic mixed-weather race to seize seventh, however in any other case neither he or Bortoleto have been ready to threaten the highest 10.

Bortoleto realised he was in for a problem forward of his debut marketing campaign, however has admitted the going is more durable than the Brazilian anticipated as he adjusts his mindset from frequenting the rostrum to combating for some extent.

“It is very powerful if I am sincere,” Bortoleto replied when requested by Motorsport.com concerning the distinction in mindset. “It is powerful as a result of I come from two superb years in my life, the place I received F3 and F2.

“It is more durable [than expected] within the sense of purely driving. When you’re used to successful and if you find yourself flying to a race occasion, you might be excited about: ‘Perhaps I can win this weekend, I’ve the likelihood to take action’. And within the place we’re at the moment, that is not the case.

Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber

Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Pictures

“We’re very lifelike that we aren’t in a position to win. And for any driver – however I can say for myself – it’s totally powerful. As a result of I am not right here to be final, I am not right here to be P10. I am right here to attempt to win, like everybody else.”

However with Audi’s official F1 entry looming on the horizon, together with its personal energy unit for the brand new laws, Bortoleto says his tough begin has not detracted from his ambitions with the German model.

“I did not come to Components 1 pondering I might be right away combating for race wins or podiums,” he defined. “The Audi F1 mission, it is an honour to be a part of and it’s totally clear the place we need to be within the quantity of years we predict we will obtain that.

“It is all about hard-working, and retaining the pinnacle down, and work, and bettering. As a result of the day that we get the alternatives to win or to safe podiums, we must be prepared for that. That is not the case proper now, however we’re rising in that route.

“In my thoughts, I have to additionally settle for the place we’re in now. As a result of as quickly as you begin going into this loop of being too harsh on your self or upset as a result of you aren’t in a position to do this, I believe you begin performing worse and worse.”

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