Bortoleto "apologizes" to Stroll after the start accident

Two weeks after his home Grand Prix in Brazil ended on the first lap, Gabriel Bortoleto unfortunately didn't go much further in Las Vegas. While he managed to complete two laps this time, his race was ruined in the very first corner on a particularly cold Strip circuit.

Starting from eighteenth position on the grid, the Sauber driver got off to a very good start, but upon reaching the first corner, he was unable to slow his C45 down sufficiently, ending up in theAston Martin de Lance strollWithout mincing words, the champion F2 The person in the title took full responsibility for the contact.

"It was my fault. I misjudged the grip that was available to me."he explained to F1TV. “I got off to a very good start, and I dove inside a Williams"When I put the car to the left of the Williams, I already needed to brake. I braked 5 meters too late and I entered the corner too fast. I didn't have the right angle to pass, and I simply misjudged things."

After several good performances following the summer break, Gabriel Bortoleto has been struggling more in recent weeks, and as in Brazil, the Osasco native believes he did not have a great weekend in the "Sin City".

"The weekend didn't go my way. It was going well until qualifying, and then I couldn't find the grip and pace in the last two laps of qualifying. In the race, I made a mistake on the first lap, and I apologize to Lance for that."

Laconic as usual, Stroll told himself that there was nothing else he could do: "I was hit at the start of the race, that's all. It happens, it's racing and these kinds of things happen sometimes."

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