In search of a recovery race after he started in the nineteenth GP network in China, Gabriel Portolo saw his plans in the first lap, when he fought for a position with Oliver Berman from Haas, and he installed, forcing him to go to the boxes to change the tires, and thus, he decreased to the last position.
“I tried to pass Bearman and play hard, naturally. I went to the dirty side of the path while trying to overtake, and I had to brakes and knees. band.
“After the first lap, it was all about refreshing and obtaining as much information as possible about the car,” he went further.
Despite the initial admiration in Shanghai CircleThe Brazilian pilot managed to complete his first race in Formula 1, where he abandoned Australia, and crossed the line on the seventeenth, ahead of the Sober companion, Niko Holkenburg.
However, with the exclusion of Leclerc, Hamilton And Gasly, Gabriel Portolo ranked fourteenth, a position on his teammate, Niko Holkenburg.
“Although the situation was not favorable, it was good to be able to continue and end my first race. I benefited from learning more about tire management and the ability to note how to compare our pace with others,” Portolo said.
Despite the unproductive weekend for SAUBER, Gabriel Bortoleto believes in better results throughout the season and already aims to the next stage, which is GP Japan, revealing an additional incentive to run on the Suzuka circuit.
“It was certainly not the perfect race, it was clear that he wanted to be the end of this week more positive,” he said. “We have moved our promise to the factory to analyze learning in these two race and prepare for Suzuka. I am really looking to run there, because (it’s an idea of a place) I have practiced a lot in simulation that I can now truly try.”
With the agency (published by Jairo Nascimento)
