Gabriel Bortoleto leaves Monaco in 6th place at FRECA

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Gabriel Bortoleto leaves Monaco in 6th place at FRECA

KTF Sports’ driver scored on both races in the most iconic track in Motorsport

Last weekend, between the 27th and 29th of May, Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine – FRECA – arrived in the traditional Monte Carlo Circuit, in Monaco, for the disputes of the 3rd round of the Championship.

United to the Formula 1 schedule, the young drivers that dream to enter the pinnacle of Motorsport accelerated a lot seeking for wins on the two races of the weekend.

In his second season in the series, the Brazilian driver Gabriel Bortoleto, member of the KTF Sports Academy of Drivers, has been doing a year of great learning and has been collecting expressive results throughout the year.

After having scored in the two races of the opening stage, in Monza, the young 17-year-old came back to the points in Imola, on the 2nd round, when he also went to the podium for a 3rd place on the Sunday. Thus, very excited, the driver of the French team R-Ace GP, came confident for the challenges of the streets of the famous circuit.

Different from the other stages, the Monaco round had only one free practice and, after being touched, Bortoleto has able to complete only six laps and had to go on the dark for Qualifying. On Quali, when the starting grid was defined fort the races, the driver showed all of his potential and managed to get good laps, securing the 6th position for the Saturday race and 5th for the Sunday. On the races, in a different way than usual at FRECA, the drivers were very cautious and, thus, the overtaking maneuvers were pretty limited.

Gabriel, thinking about the Championship standings, tried to be safe during the starts. Without losing positions in any of the races, even being fast, he preferred not to expose himself to accidents, and, thus, finished both races where he started – 5th and 6th places.

“I believed that we had a positive weekend here in Monaco. We had a good car, but in the only practice I ended up hitting a guard-rail and, thereby, couldn’t get many laps. In the Qualifying, that counts a lot here in Monaco, I managed to extract the maximum out of our equipment, securing a 5th and a 6th places. In the races, even though I was fast, I wasn’t worthy to risk the good Championship we are making in one maneuver and, as such, I chose to keep the good qualifying, add important points and go on confident for the next stages”, explained the young boy from São Paulo.

After the three first rounds of the Championship, among the 38 competitors subscribed, Gabriel Bortoleto appears in the 6th place with 49 points. The next stage of the competition happens next weekend, between the 3rd and 5th of June, in Paul Ricard, France.