Components 1 rookie revealed he obtained a heartwarming message from team-mate after a crash-filled residence Brazilian Grand Prix.
The driver’s nightmare weekend began within the dash race, as he spun violently into the pitwall after immediately shedding management simply as he was lining up an overtake on at Flip 1.
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Bortoleto missed qualifying because of the harm he sustained, however his automotive was repaired in time for Sunday’s race. Within the grand prix, nonetheless, the 21-year-old didn’t even final a lap after crowded him off at Flip 7.
That got here after Bortoleto positioned himself on the skin of the Aston Martin driver and a clip of Stroll’s rear left tyre precipitated the Sauber to spin into the wall and resulted in broken suspension.
Though it wasn’t the weekend he would have hoped for, Bortoleto did take heat in his dialog with veteran Hulkenberg, who has began 247 grands prix.
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“He mentioned one in 20, 20 years in Components 1,” mentioned Bortoleto. “You are going to have a whole lot of good and unhealthy moments. I’ve had a whole lot of moments like that. It is simply going to strengthen you. He is happy with what I’ve carried out this yr. I will maintain going sturdy and the nice moments will come.”
It’s not simply Hulkenberg who Bortoleto has impressed in his rookie marketing campaign, as a result of the Brazilian has proven a whole lot of promise with a superior qualifying document towards his team-mate.
It is because of this that Bortoleto was upset at not having the ability to ship such tempo to his adoring residence followers at Interlagos, who’ve been with no full-time Brazilian F1 driver since in 2017.
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Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber
Nico Hulkenberg, Sauber, Gabriel Bortoleto, Sauber
“Weekend to overlook and transfer on,” mentioned Bortoleto, who gained final yr’s F2 title. “I simply take the positives that my entire nation was right here supporting me, the Brazilians.
“I am simply unhappy as a result of I’ve not been capable of race in the present day and present a little bit of the tempo that I consider we had. It comes from me, from my incident in a dash race that precipitated me to not do quali. So I will be the primary one harsh on myself right here.
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“I consider it is a consequence of issues that occurred earlier within the weekend. However anyway, clearly it is extra painful as a result of it is my residence race, however it’s simply one other weekend. We had so many good ones, we had unhealthy ones as nicely.
“And there is nothing I can do about it. I simply want to maneuver on, analyse issues and be taught from my errors and go for the following one.”
Bortoleto was then pressed on what he might do higher subsequent time, to which he replied: “I feel simply danger administration. I am blissful that I have been attempting to do various things this week and being extra aggressive and attempting issues.
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“However, like dash race, it isn’t most likely the most effective second to attempt a dangerous factor when you may break your automotive and never do qualifying, like I did. In order that’s for certain studying.”
Further reporting by Andrei Gobbo and Federico Faturos
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