“I am simply unhappy as a result of I’ve not been capable of race as we speak and present a little bit of the tempo that I consider we had”
– Gabriel Bortoleto
Nonetheless, his dwelling Grand Prix didn’t even final a lap, after being squeezed by Lance Stroll, pressured onto the grass, after which hitting the obstacles once more — albeit far much less violently than in the day gone by’s incident.
Talking to the media after the race, Bortoleto admitted: “Robust weekend. A weekend to overlook and transfer on. I simply take the positives that my entire nation was right here supporting me, the Brazilians.”
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The Brazilian was eager to take duty for a weekend largely derailed by the heavy dash race crash, which ended up shaping the remainder of his race weekend.
“I am simply unhappy as a result of I’ve not been capable of race as we speak and present a little bit of the tempo that I consider we had. It comes from me, from my incident within the dash race that brought about me to not do quali. So I will be the primary one harsh on myself right here.”
“I consider it is a consequence of issues that occurred earlier within the weekend. Clearly it is extra painful as a result of it is my dwelling race, but it surely’s simply one other weekend. We had so many good ones, we had unhealthy ones as nicely.”
He lastly added: “There’s nothing I can do about it. I simply want to maneuver on, analyse issues and study from my errors and go for the subsequent one.”
Sauber falls behind in battle for sixth in constructors’ championship
Though Nico Hülkenberg managed to complete the race within the high 10, the double factors end for the 2 Racing Bulls in seventh and eighth allowed the Italian crew to select up precious factors within the Constructors’ Championship.
The battle for sixth now sees RB on 82 factors, Aston Martin on 72, Haas on 70 because of Oliver Bearman’s sixth-place end, whereas Sauber has slipped again to 62 factors.
