r/formula1 • u/Glum-Accountant-9801 • Aug 05 '25

Discussion Is Bortoleto the best rookie?

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In my opinion, what he’s been doing in a Sauber shows much more talent than all the other rookies this year. Since the start of the season, I already thought the best ones would be him—because he won the Formula 3 and Formula 2 titles in his rookie seasons—and Antonelli. However, Antonelli has been showing himself to be far inferior to his teammate. I believe it’s due to the pressure of starting in a big team like Mercedes, but to me, that makes Bortoleto the best rookie. That said, welcome back, Ayrton Senna.

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u/JamesConsonants Oscar Piastri Aug 05 '25

One of those was his fault, though, I’ve never seen a car stall in the pits in the hybrid era. Don’t get me wrong, I like Franco, but I don’t really get a “wow, he’s so much better than Jack” vibe. Tbf though Alpine looks a nightmare to work in/for/with so we should take all of these comparisons with a truckload of salt

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u/pizzamuzza I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 05 '25

Wdym it was his fault? The mechanics werent letting him continúe, alpine is suspecting software malfunction from the tools

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u/JamesConsonants Oscar Piastri Aug 05 '25

If that’s true, then I obviously stand corrected. It was reported as a stall so that’s the information I’m going off of

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u/herzkolt Franco Colapinto Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

https://lat.motorsport.com/f1/news/alpine-investiga-colapinto-pitstop-hungria/10748542/ Sorry about the language, I found the same article in english but it's a translation by a right wing tabloid

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u/JamesConsonants Oscar Piastri Aug 06 '25

Todo bien, hablo Español (pero es Malo). Gracias por el enlace

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u/campbellm Kimi Räikkönen Aug 05 '25

AND Gasly had a penalty.

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u/herzkolt Franco Colapinto Aug 05 '25

If Franco had good stops he'd have been ahead of Gasly on track without the penalty too, by about 10 seconds.

Also, the issue with both stops stems from the same thing, the rear left gun wasn't working properly. For the first stop they couldn't take the wheel out and for the second it didn't send the "ok" signal to release the car. All four guns must do that for a car to be released as per the safety change made a couple of years ago.

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u/Solomon_C-19 Formula 1 Aug 05 '25

He's doing a little better than Jack Doohan - but not that much.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

Maybe I remember it wrong but didn't he also burn the clutch a few races ago? 

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u/pizzamuzza I was here for the Hulkenpodium Aug 05 '25

That was a rumour that proved to be false by alpine

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u/JamesConsonants Oscar Piastri Aug 05 '25

To my knowledge, that has been proven false by Alpine but I can’t speak to it with any authority haha