Bortoleto Speaks of Friendship with Verstappen and His Advice on Mclaren

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Gabriel Bortoleto lifted the veil on a relationship of which few people suspected the magnitude of the Formula 1 paddock: his long-standing friendship with Max Verstappen. A closeness built over the years, long before the Brazilian made his debut in the queen category. During his rookie season in F1 with Sauber, Bortoleto never hid his admiration for the quadruple world champion, regularly evoking his respect for the Red Bull driver and for his …

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Gabriel Bortoleto gave details of his friendship with Max Verstappen, considering that the tetra Campion came to advise him years before he entered Formula 1, when the Brazilian signed his contract with the McLaren Academy. Both met in 2016 when Bortoleto was only 11 years old and the Dutch had just been promoted to Red Bull. Today, a decade later, they do not celebrate public praise to each other.