Gabriel Bortoleto evaluated his performance in the qualifying for the Spanish GP of Formula 1 this Saturday (12), saying that a new track brings difficulties, besides having taken a wrong path with Audi.
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For the first race in Madring, the competitor will line up in 12th place, failing to advance to Q2. In the three free practice sessions that preceded the session, he was outside the top 10 in two of them.
Speaking to SporTV after the F1 qualifying, Bortoleto said, “I think that the whole weekend I wasn’t 100% confident with the car like I was in the last five weekends. I think that, a new track is also difficult for everyone, but I don’t know if we started in the right direction.”
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“The direction I took with the car was also wrong for FP2, I had to go back for FP3. Obviously, we did very few laps in FP3 because of the red flags. I don’t know, I think there was more on the table today, there was more potential in the car, I think Q3 was possible if I had nailed the lap. If I’m not mistaken I was only a tenth and a half from Q3, or two tenths, something like that. I think I easily lost two tenths just in turn 1 on my previous lap.”, he continued.
It’s the kind of qualifying where consistency was missing throughout the weekend to have a good car and a good sequence, and for me to also drive properly. I think I left a bit on the table today. It’s not that we are very far from where we should be, but I don’t think I was able to do that lap that makes me happy, that was an incredible lap. I think today was just a normal lap, and I’m dissatisfied for not making it to Q3, but we’ll see tomorrow,” he concluded.
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