Gabriel Bortoleto keen to move on from ‘challenging’ weekend in Bahrain as Nico Hulkenberg reflects on ‘pretty dreadful’ race incident

Kick Sauber didn’t have an ideal Sunday in Bahrain, with Gabriel Bortoleto operating final for a lot of the Grand Prix whereas Nico Hulkenberg discovered himself disqualified for a technical breach after initially ending P13.

Hulkenberg’s disqualification solely made a foul weekend marginally worse. An uncompetitive automobile coupled with difficulties following within the soiled air of surrounding vehicles hampered Bortoleto’s progress from the very begin, whereas Hulkenberg himself endured an tough opening lap.

“Not one of the best begin,” Hulkenberg stated afterwards. “I recovered somewhat bit on the within into Flip 1, however then I used to be on the surface into Flip 2 and obtained pushed huge over that kerb and misplaced all of the drive right down to Flip 4, misplaced all of the positions and assume I used to be final by the point we arrived to Flip 4.

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“So, a fairly dreadful begin to the race, which doesn’t make issues simpler in fact.”