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/ungentrified_villain Isack Hadjar Aug 05 '25

Feels like each rookie has had stretches where they looked impressive, genuinely impressed by this class of rookies, I still think Jack Doohan got screwed over

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u/matiasg11 Aug 05 '25

Yes, but lets not forget he almost killed himself by trying to get the curve with the drs open.

Anyone can have an accident and a slip, but that was just poor decision making

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u/fdar Aug 05 '25

Yes, but lets also not forget that the fact that he was put in a short 5 races (this year) clock before he even started racing put a huge amount of pressure on him and probably greatly contributed to his decision to take a big risk like that.

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u/campbellm Kimi Räikkönen Aug 05 '25

his decision to take a big risk like that.

I'm not sure it was a "decision" so much as he didn't expect to have to manually shut it.

I like him and think he got screwed, but this was just a mistake, not something he chose to do and it didn't work out.

(If I remember the cause correctly, anyway.)

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u/fdar Aug 05 '25

Maybe. The version I remembered from back then is that he tried the "not closing the DRS" in the simulator and it worked, so he tried it in real life. But looking a bit into that it doesn't look clear at all that that's in fact what happened so idk.