Bortoleto rues 13th place at the United States GP and points to where Audi must improve
Gabriel Bortoleto started last at the United States GP on Sunday (25), gained places and finished 13th without points for Audi. He said the car could fight for the top 10 and that the team are strong in high-speed corners but still need to improve in the slow ones and on the straights.

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Gabriel Bortoleto saiu do GP dos Estados Unidos, neste domingo (25), com a sensação de oportunidade perdida. Na Audi, ele saiu da última posição do grid, ganhou lugares e cruzou em 13º, sem pontos.
O ritmo, porém, apareceu nos treinos. “Acho que mostramos um ritmo forte durante todo o fim de semana. Estive entre os dez primeiros na maioria das sessões. Na classificação, quando consegui completar algumas voltas no Q1, estava em sexto”, afirmou.
O preço veio dos pneus, segundo ele, por ter de passar tantos carros. “Quando você larga em último, precisa ultrapassar tantos carros e usar muito os pneus. Depois, quando consegue ar limpo, é o momento de aproveitar o ritmo. Mas você já não tem aqueles cinco décimos que tinha antes de desgastar os pneus”, explicou.
Para o brasileiro, o carro permitia brigar pelo top 10, e o problema foi sair lá atrás: “É frustrante quando temos uma oportunidade de pontuar e precisamos largar do fim do grid em Austin”.
Sobre o comportamento do carro, dividiu elogios e críticas: “Somos muito bons em curvas de alta velocidade. Nas de baixa velocidade, ainda precisamos dar alguns passos. Acho que somos parecidos com os outros nessa parte lenta e melhores do que eles na alta velocidade. Nas retas, sabemos onde perdemos. É nisso que precisamos melhorar agora”, analisou.
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