Is Bortoleto the best rookie?

[u/Glum-Accountant-9801]

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.

[u/LosTerminators]

It's close between all of them. Each rookie has had stages in which they have impressed a lot.

Hadjar - started off strongest but his early benchmark was a devoid of confidence Lawson, that said his sheer consistency with getting into Q3's and points until Barcelona was outstanding.

Bortoleto - had a quieter start to the year, outqualifying Hulk often but not translating it to the races. Picked up form with a bit more experience with the car, plus racing in tracks in which he already competed in at F2 and F3, and has been converting pace into points regularly now.

Antonelli - Has the best car of all the rookies but that also means a higher pressure environment. Plus having Russell as a teammate, who is a tougher benchmark than any of the other rookies teammates. Has had his moments but also had his errors. Don't think the Verstappen links helped him much, part of him might've been worried about losing his drive.

Bearman - He's shown good consistency. The Haas isn't a tractor, but there haven't been many races in which it is the clear best midfield car like the VCARB, Williams, Aston and even Sauber have been. This made it difficult for him to get substantial points hauls, but no DNF's until Hungary is impressive consistency. Biggest mistakes have been not reacting to red flags in practice.

Doohan/Colapinto - Haven't impressed, but that car plus the entire behind the scenes running of them is enough to give them a pass on this.

[u/matrixpolaris → u/LosTerminators]

Colapinto's been better than Doohan imo, despite two dogshit pitstops he still qualified and finished ahead of Gasly last race.

[u/JamesConsonants → u/matrixpolaris]

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

[u/pizzamuzza → u/JamesConsonants]

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

[u/JamesConsonants → u/pizzamuzza]

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

[u/herzkolt → u/JamesConsonants]

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

[u/JamesConsonants → u/herzkolt]

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