Gabriel Bortoleto was one of the pilots who suffered from heavy rains during the Australia GP at Albert Park in Melbourne on Sunday (16).
The Brazilian, sauber pilot, ended up before the flag, after losing control of the car, rolling and crashing the side on the wall of the track during lap 47.
he made a solid race, being able to stay in 13th place until he abandon the circuit.
Shortly before the event, the Brazilian was punished with a five -minute discount in the final time because of a dangerous return after Pit Stop.
In an interview with Bandeirantes after the race, he sought to find positive points in the race.
“The race was very complicated. I think, until I hit, it was being very good. I had some misfortunes there, I think with Pit too, I ended up taking a punishment that put us behind the safety car. I wasted a lot of time on it, I couldn’t get back the whole return when he released me ”
Gabriel Bortoleto
Gabriel also commented on the accident, but avoided talking about possible problems in the car.
“I wanted to recover the lost time to try to get a little closer, I took the zebra, the car rolled in and I ended up touching the wall. It didn’t damage much, but you couldn’t continue the race ”
Gabriel Bortoleto
Heavy rainfall
Other pilots also suffered from the climatic conditions of the race.
Even before the race begins, during the presentation lap, also beginner Isack Hadja of Racing Bulls ended up leaving the test after crashing the car at curve two.
Australian Jack Doohan of Alpine, Carlos Sainz of Williams, Liam Lawson of Red Bull and World Champion, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, also abandoned the race while hitting their cars.
