{"id":1460,"date":"2026-09-01T08:48:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2026-09-01T08:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:48:35","slug":"gabriel-bortoleto-audi-improved-pace-targets-good-result-monza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/gabriel-bortoleto-audi-improved-pace-targets-good-result-monza\/","title":{"rendered":"Bortoleto praises Audi\u2019s improved pace and targets top-10 finish at &#8220;special&#8221; Monza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gabriel Bortoleto considers Monza a \u201csecond home\u201d<\/strong> after spending much of his junior career in Italy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audi has <strong>scored points in the last four races<\/strong>, showing clear progress in its 2026 campaign.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After a difficult race at Zandvoort, Bortoleto hopes to <strong>return to the top 10 at the Italian GP<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Monza circuit in Italy is practically a second home for Gabriel Bortoleto<\/strong>, who found a refuge in the European country during his journey through the F1 junior categories. The weekend will therefore be one of the most special of the year, and the Brazilian hopes to take advantage of Audi\u2019s improved pace in recent rounds to achieve another strong result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>At Zandvoort in the Netherlands,<\/strong> <strong>Bortoleto\u2019s race was severely compromised at the start<\/strong>, <strong>as he lost several positions and then spun at the end of the opening lap<\/strong>. <strong>Even so, he remained in the race and showed good pace behind the wheel of the R26<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The points did not come, however. Gabriel finished 13th, but Nico H\u00fclkenberg\u2019s ninth-place finish represented <strong>Audi\u2019s fourth consecutive race in the top 10<\/strong>, a clear sign of the team\u2019s progress in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven though Sunday\u2019s result in Zandvoort wasn\u2019t what we expected, I felt good in the car and we had good pace,\u201d Bortoleto said in Audi\u2019s preview for the Italian GP. \u201cThose were definitely positive points after returning from the break,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Monza is always a weekend with special meaning for me:<\/strong> I lived in Italy throughout my junior career and also achieved good results here in recent years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of those results, in fact, helped <strong>Bortoleto secure his path to Formula 1: his victory in Race 2 of the 2024 Italian F2 round<\/strong>, after starting from the back of the grid. The Brazilian went on to win the championship that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn general, racing at the <strong>Temple of Speed is something that always creates a lot of anticipation<\/strong>. We have been competitive in the last few races, so I hope we can maintain that performance this weekend and achieve a good result,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Formula 1 returns this weekend, from September 4 to 6, at Monza. <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> will cover all the action from the <strong>Italian GP<\/strong>, the 13th round of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAQ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Why is Monza a special circuit for Gabriel Bortoleto?<\/strong><br><strong>Bortoleto considers Monza a second home<\/strong> because he lived in Italy throughout his junior career and achieved important results there, including his 2024 F2 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. How has Audi performed in recent F1 races?<\/strong><br>Audi has <strong>scored points in the last four Grands Prix<\/strong>, with Nico H\u00fclkenberg finishing ninth at Zandvoort and extending the team\u2019s streak of consecutive top-10 finishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. What result is Gabriel Bortoleto targeting at the Italian GP?<\/strong><br>After finishing 13th in the Netherlands, <strong>Bortoleto hopes to return to the top 10 at Monza<\/strong>, taking advantage of Audi\u2019s improved pace in recent races.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audi has scored points in the last four races of the season, and Gabriel Bortoleto wants to take advantage of the team\u2019s good form to return to the top 10 at his second home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020312370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Bortoleto hopes to return to the top 10 at the Italian GP","42wp_featured_image_credits":"Audi","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[160,208,152],"42wp_author":[13],"class_list":["post-1460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-audi","tag-gabriel-bortoleto","tag-monza","42wp_author-luana-marino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1461,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions\/1461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020312370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}