{"id":11708,"date":"2022-10-03T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=11708"},"modified":"2022-11-26T09:45:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T14:45:25","slug":"2023-formula-3-driver-lineup-trident-announces-gabriel-bortoleto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/10\/03\/2023-formula-3-driver-lineup-trident-announces-gabriel-bortoleto\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Formula 3 Driver Lineup: Trident announces Gabriel Bortoleto"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Trident Racing has announced the signing of seventeen-year-old Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto ahead of the 2023 season.<\/h3>\n<p>Gabriel Bortoleto is currently racing in FREC for R-ace GP, taking three podiums and one win. He is currently sixth in the championship. Bortoleto was one of the numerous young drivers who participated in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/09\/22\/f3-testing-bortoleto-and-marti-top-day-2-post-season-test\/\" target=\"_self\">Formula 3 post-season testing<\/a> in September. Following that performance, Trident Racing announced that Bortoleto would be the first of three drivers to be representing them in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Giacomo Ricci, Trident&#8217;s Team Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformula3.com\/Latest\/2jisLSiQQnycxxRS2nw52m\/bortoleto-graduates-to-formula-3-with-trident-for-2023-season\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;We are proud to welcome a promising driver like Gabriel Bortoleto to our line-up. He needs no introduction as he has been extremely competitive since his karting days and is now collecting impressive results in the FRECA championship as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sure that by joining the Trident Motorsport family, Gabriel will receive solid support from every team member and prove his value and qualities.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With Trident Racing finishing second in the team championships <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/08\/17\/fia-formula-3-2022-season-recap-standings-and-schedule\/\" target=\"_self\">last season<\/a> and rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/09\/02\/f3-dutch-gp-qualifying-recap-maloney-secures-pole\/\" target=\"_self\">Zane Maloney<\/a> becoming vice-champion, it&#8217;s clear that Trident is a team capable of success. How will Bortoleto fare and can he extend their success with rookies?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome, Gabriel! \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Bortoleto graduates to Formula 3 for the 2023 season with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trident_team?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@trident_team<\/a> \ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#F3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gabortoleto85?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@gabortoleto85<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LdNZ4cjGGj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/LdNZ4cjGGj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Formula 3 (@Formula3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Formula3\/status\/1574389573664243713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bortoleto expressed his gratitude to Trident Racing:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am extremely delighted for the chance to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship with a high-level team like Trident Motorsport, I would like to thank every member of the team for the warm welcome I have been given. I feel ready for a new chapter in my career and to move to a higher series in single-seaters. I will put my best effort to make the most of this great opportunity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With Bortoleto being the first driver to be announced, there are still twenty-nine seats available. Many of the 2022 drivers were missing from post-season testing, so we might be set for a lot of new faces next season. Each of the ten teams will field three drivers.<\/p>\n<h3>2023 Formula 3 Driver Lineup<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trident Racing:\u00a0<\/strong>Gabriel Bortoleto, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TBD<\/span> &amp;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> TBD<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As drivers (and teams) continue to be announced, we will expand the table.<\/p>\n<p>With two rounds to go in the FREC 2022 season, Bortoleto is nineteen points adrift to fifth in the standings, hoping to end the season on a high as he looks ahead to the 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>Will Trident look to bring back Jonny Edgar who raced in seven rounds for the team in 2022? Will both Roman Stan\u011bk and Zane Maloney move on to Formula 2 or return to be a title contender? As news is confirmed for the 2023 Formula 3 driver lineup will provide updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trident Racing has announced the signing of seventeen-year-old Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto ahead of the 2023 season. Gabriel Bortoleto is currently racing in FREC for R-ace GP, taking three podiums and one win. He is currently sixth in the championship. Bortoleto was one of the numerous young drivers who participated in Formula 3 post-season testing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4286,"featured_media":11523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1746],"tags":[639],"class_list":["post-11708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-formula-3","tag-trident"],"modified_by":"Nathan Reynolds","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}