{"id":23734,"date":"2024-09-01T07:09:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T11:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=23734"},"modified":"2024-09-01T11:26:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T15:26:16","slug":"f1-news-bortoleto-receives-sauber-contract-boost-after-monza-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/09\/01\/f1-news-bortoleto-receives-sauber-contract-boost-after-monza-win\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 News: Bortoleto receives Sauber contract boost after Monza win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gabriel Bortoleto<\/a> surged from P22 on the grid to cross the line in P1 at Monza, securing a crucial Feature race victory in Formula 2. The Brazilian is already a contender to join Sauber next season, and results like this will only help his cause. As the Swiss-based team considers its options, Bortoleto cements himself as a leading candidate.<\/p>\n

Bortoleto improves Sauber contract chanes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A statement win in Monza<\/h4>\n

When Bortoleto spun out in qualifying<\/a>, failing to set a representative time, his chances for a strong result in Monza seemed almost non-existent. Starting from the very back, his chances of points were always slim.<\/p>\n

However, the 19-year-old has shown brilliant pace as he charged through the grid. In Saturday’s Sprint Race, he made numerous overtakes before crossing the line in 8th – a hugely impressive feat in just 21 laps.<\/p>\n

This was only an appetiser for his performance in today’s Feature Race, where he went from last to first – capitalising on fortunate Safety Car timing – before creating a 10-second gap to second place.<\/p>\n

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Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber, arrives at the track ; 2024 Dutch Grand Prix, Formula One World Championship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bortoleto and Bottas under evaluation<\/h4>\n

As mentioned previously on LWOS, Bortoleto and Bottas<\/a> are the favourites to drive alongside Nico Hulkenberg at Sauber next season.<\/p>\n

The Swiss-based squad are following Bortoleto’s progress closely. The team are aware that his on-track speed (coupled with huge commercial potential) could become a huge asset.<\/p>\n

Audi also have an experienced driver in Hulkenberg already signed, which could mitigate the risk of signing a rookie driver. 2025 would also be a year with relatively limited pressure at Sauber, given their pace is unlikely to be enough for regular points.<\/p>\n

Ironically, the Brazilian probably has better tools than Valtteri Bottas to boost his chances of earning an extension.<\/p>\n

With Bottas driving such uncompetitive machinery<\/a>, the 35-year-old will find it difficult to produce any stand-out results.<\/p>\n

The same cannot be said for Bortoleto, who will work with his management team – which includes Fernando Alonso<\/a> – to land an F1 contract.<\/p>\n

The Finn is also adamant about signing a multi-year contract, something that Audi have been reluctant to agree upon. In this context, there is a real window of opportunity that the McLaren junior (who would be free to join Sauber F1) can capitalise on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gabriel Bortoleto surged from P22 on the grid to cross the line in P1 at Monza, securing a crucial Feature race victory in Formula 2. The Brazilian is already a contender to join Sauber next season, and results like this will only help his cause. As the Swiss-based team considers its options, Bortoleto cements himself […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":23844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[2,4,3],"tags":[2220,68,465,2072,345,225],"class_list":["post-23734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-gabriel-bortoleto","tag-sauber","tag-valtteri-bottas"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23734","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\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}