Gabriel Boltreto’s inventory continues to rise after one other nice drive on the Italian Grand Prix.
The Brazilian rookie surpassed his much-experienced Sauber teammate Nico Halkenberg for six consecutive instances, scoring his fourth level in six races and a powerful run for the eighth in Monza.
And Boltreto’s exploits weren’t observed, and SkySports F1 Pit Lane reporter Ted Kravitz stated “all the highest groups are occupied with him.”
“Gabriel Boltreto highlights the star of his upcoming Formulation 1 potential, and all the highest groups are occupied with him,” Kravits stated in Ted’s pocket book after final Sunday’s race.
“However he says he is staying with Sauber and Audi and is engaged on an thrilling challenge for the longer term by ending eighth in the present day and altering good qualifying performances.”
Boltreto will stay in Sauber in 2026 to remodel the group into an Audi Works group.
Gabriel Boltreto tilted for Purple Bull
Three-time Grand Prix winner Johnny Herbert believes Purple Bull ought to take into account signing Boltrete through fellow rookie Isaac Hajar.
Hadjar additionally has a powerful First F1 marketing campaign, a favourite to interchange subsequent yr’s Purple Bull senior group Yuki Tsunoda.
Nevertheless, Herbert outlined why I feel Boltreto is a better option.
“Maybe they’re giving Boltreto a seat at Purple Bull,” Herbert advised Racing Tipster.
“He has gained consecutive F3 and F2 championships. However what’s actually optimistic about his favor, which is what Oscar has at Mark Webber is that he has Fernando Alonso as his supervisor.
“He may give him the additional materials that can enable him to proceed enhancing, however Hajar does not have somebody like Fernando behind him. He has to unravel all of it himself.
“Boltoreto is the perfect race ever in opposition to Alonso, and he is gaining racing consciousness, and so they’ll chat about it after the race.
“So it offers him an edge, however he is very spectacular and positively inferior to the RB.”
Earlier than the season started, Purple Bull Advisor Helmut Marco induced an upset by referring to Boltreto as “B-driver.”
