Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto achieved his best Formula 1 result to date in Hungary.
Photo: Jayce Illman
The rookie and last year’s Formula 2 World Champion recorded his best F1 finish so far with a sixth place in Hungary. It marked his third top-10 result—he scored his first points in Austria with an eighth-place finish, followed by ninth place in Belgium. Gabriel was also voted Driver of the Day by the fans.
"We did an amazing job [in Hungary], the team gave me an amazing car for today's race. We managed to put everything in place. The strategy was great. I don't see how we could finish this half of the season better."
"It's difficult to beat him, he knows how to play the game and slowing down at the right time, pushing at the right time," said Bortoleto of Alonso, who is also his manager.
"Also having Max [Verstappen] behind was not easy at the beginning of the race and keeping him behind me was super tough. Honestly [it] was a great race and I'm glad I was fighting with these guys at this moment of my career."
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The boss of Sauber Jonathan wheatley said: "Gabriel has a fantastic work ethic. He has a capacity for taking on new information. He's proving every way to be the future star that we expected him to be. And Nico is part of that journey with him."
"It's worth pointing out again that he hasn't done 10,000 kilometres of testing of previous cars. He hasn't done 10,000 kilometres in the Formula 1 car. It's his first season in Formula 1.
"There are so many circuits that he's not been to. And there's some coming up that he hasn't been to. He's been able to deliver brilliantly over the last few races in circuits that he knows. And I think he's matured as a driver and he's developed as a driver. And I think he's going to be able to adapt to these new circuits much quicker than he did in the first half of the season."
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