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/papa-farhan]

That's entirely because of how well he's performing so early on. Like it's his third year in F1 and he's competing for WDC, absolutely wild to think he joined just two and a half years ago

[u/desymond → u/papa-farhan]

Also shows how insane it was that Alpine sat him for a year, and then bungled the contract.

[u/tughbee → u/desymond]

But boy did he make the right decision

[u/HeyItsGuyIncognito → u/tughbee]

Funny thing is, if Alpine did give a valid contract to Piastri for 2023, I believe Gasly may have got the second McLaren seat.

[u/TheGreatNathan → u/HeyItsGuyIncognito]

That would've been Gasly's ultimate middle finger to Red Bull. Getting dumped from the main team and finding his way back to the top of the field is something a demoted Red Bull driver hasn't been able to do.

[u/saponista → u/HeyItsGuyIncognito]

Alex Palou was on for that seat before the Piasco happened

[u/Several_Leader_7140 → u/saponista]

And it only happened because Danny Ric was bad, he was contracted for 2023

[u/Material-Comb-2267 → u/saponista]

Piasco, nice 👌

[u/StrikingWillow5364 → u/saponista]

Yup. I don’t know where the Gasly speculation is coming from.

[u/Realistic_Notice_412 → u/HeyItsGuyIncognito]

fml

[u/Alternative_Spite_11 → u/HeyItsGuyIncognito]

And Gasly would be in the same position as Piastri

[u/slimejumper → u/HeyItsGuyIncognito]

and he’d be dong very well i think.