Gabriel Bortoleto finished the Formula 1 Italian GP this Sunday (6) in 11th place. The Brazilian from Audi had a complicated restart after the red flag and dropped to 18th, but reacted during the race, recovered several positions, and even returned to 10th place before finishing the race in Monza. Check out how the race went:
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Lights out and Gabriel started on soft tires and lost a position, but soon managed to overtake Lewis Hamilton and regain 10th place. However, at the start of the second lap, he was overtaken by Hamilton and Esteban Ocon, dropping to 12th position.
On the third lap, Charles Leclerc crashed hard and the race was stopped with a red flag. Bortoleto was in 11th.
After a few minutes, the race resumed with a standing start. The Brazilian went on medium tires this time, starting in 11th.
However, Gabriel’s race restart was not good. He lost several positions, dropping to 16th and then to 18th. In the chaos of the back of the pack, the Brazilian managed to recover up to 15th place.
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On the ninth lap, Bortoleto advanced to overtake Carlos Sainz’s Williams, but could not sustain the move and remained in 15th.
A few laps later, the Audi driver managed to climb to 13th position. Then, he passed Esteban Ocon and secured 12th place, just behind his teammate, the German Nico Hülkenberg. However, soon Gabriel also overtook his teammate and moved up to 11th place.
The next laps were about managing to catch up to Oliver Bearman’s Haas. The result came, and on lap 27, Bortoleto made the overtake, returning to 10th, his original starting point.
During the Virtual Safety Car period, Audi chose not to pit the Brazilian. At that moment, he lost position to the Argentine Franco Colapinto from Alpine.
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From there, the race stagnated for the Brazilian, who finished in 11th.
