A real star, a consistent and offensive racer, is starting to grow from Gabriel Bortolet. The Brazilian jewel has the upper hand in the qualifying comparison with Nico Hülkenberg, and if it continues in the rest of the season, it can significantly reduce the point loss of German Matador.
Gabi will have a better chance of points in Monza, as Nica Hülkenberg defeated again on Saturday’s qualification. The Brazilian young man had a fantastic Q1 and Q2, but he wasn’t too satisfied after Q3. Even though Bortoleto starts the seventh – one place higher, he was shifted by a penalty for Lewis Hamilton – to equalize his personally the best position on the grid, after the qualifying he felt he could achieve a better result.
“Sorry, this last round was challenging,” He apologized to the team shortly after the transmitter qualification. In a subsequent interview for Sky, he explained what happened on the track. “I would say I had a pretty round in Hungary, but here my last attempt was not ideal,” admitted Bortoleto.
“This track is driving with low pressure and the car is difficult to manage. I can imagine that many other riders were worried about blocking tires and skids just like me. added Gabriel.
He had a very good first attempt in Q3 on worn tires, but then put on fresh and in his own words the last round “He did not handle”. However, as he says, this is Formula 1. “We can’t want the best performance every time. I pushed it terribly and rode the edge,” He admitted a Brazilian young man.
“I think it was the hardest qualification for me in terms of balance. I felt that we had a very good car and wanted to get a hundred percent out of it, so I pushed it terribly. I got a few overwhelming skids and I felt like I was crashing, but we were happy to start a good position on Sunday.” He added happily Bortoleto.
It is too early for the defeat language. The most important thing is yet to come on Sunday, and if Gabriel equalized his performance from Hungary on Saturday, this Brazilian young man in the race reached sixth place in Hungaroring. Could it imitate it? “I think yes,” answered Bortoleto.
Hülkenberg cuts off the broken q2
Gabriel still could be more satisfied than his teammate Nico Hülkenberg. He finished twelfth in the Italian qualifying, which is not the worst starting position, but looking at his younger colleague could not be satisfied, as Bortoleto was clearly faster all day.
“It wasn’t good enough for me. said after qualifying Hülkenberg.
“In this case, you have a single shot in the last attempt, and even though it was a good round, I had to keep the reserve to be sure I would run at least some competitive time. He added a German racer.
Of course, after starting from the twelfth place, he certainly does not write down the struggle for points. “I think we have something to play about. The field is balanced like never before, but we certainly seemed to be strong and I felt confidence in the cockpit,” bequeathed Hülkenberg.
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