Bortoleto reflects on Antonelli and Hadjar reaching early F1 podiums
Gabriel Bortoleto said he has watched Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar take their first Formula 1 podiums after competing against both drivers in the junior ranks. He noted that they are from the same generation and that their careers in F1 have unfolded differently so far.
Gabriel Bortoleto has been following the early Formula 1 progress of Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar, who have both scored their first podium finishes. Bortoleto knows both drivers well from their time racing against each other in the junior categories.
He is from the same generation as Antonelli and Hadjar and has competed with, and beaten, both of them earlier in their careers. Even so, their paths in Formula 1 have developed differently to this point.
Motorsport.com reported Bortoleto saying, "Let's see where we are in 20 years," as he reflected on their current positions. The shared theme across the coverage was Bortoleto's perspective on the contrast between junior-category competition and the different trajectories the three drivers have taken in F1 so far.
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