F1: Helmut Marko pointed against the rookies

The Red Bull advisor made his own analysis of the pilots who will be added as headlines this year. Gabriel Bortoleto and Jack Doohan lowered their thumb and approved Kimi Antonelli and Oliver Bearman.

Helmut Marko, you know, you don’t have pruritos when you speak. Nor when he acts, there are already several pilots who suffered from their decisions in the middle of a season and had to assemble the bag to leave Red Bull or Racing Bulls. This time, the Austrian Expiler, advisor to the Energy Drink team, He dedicated a detailed analysis to the debutants that the 76th F1 season will have.

Total baptisms will be three: Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) and Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber). However, they quietly enter the Jack Doohan list (barely ran a race in Alpine) and Oliver Beraman (he played two competitions with Haas and one with Ferrari). Asked about each of these runners, Marko gave his opinion. Some were not well treated.

“I put it in Bortoleto as a level B pilot. It is very intelligent. He won the F3, but with just one victory. It tends to stay out of trouble. In the F2, he only achieved two victories. He is a pilot who carries the car back home, has a great sense of strategy and tire management, but I don’t see that speed in it, “said Don Helmut about the Brazilian. With Doohan it was even harder: “Level Pilot C. I don’t think I’m going to complete the season. “

Then it was much more benevolent. About Bearman, he said: “Level A. Very fast, but had many accidents in Formula 2 and Formula 3 because it assumes many risks. Operates to the limit. I may not rise to the top as fast as Antonelli, but it is definitely from level to. “Then it was the turn of Antonelli: “Clearly, he is a level A pilot, despite being under immense pressure. Its performance is impressive: it has already completed more than 10,000 kilometers in testsalthough it had two strong accidents. You can see that the pressure is affecting it. Toto Wolff wants to replicate the story of Verstappen in Mercedes, but entering directly into a leading team will be a challenge for him. ”

To close, the Austrian had to comment on his own, Hadjar. “He lost the championship for only four or five points. Our data analysts point out that he lost around 80 points due to technical failures and other problems. So it’s very fast. I would say that, if you continue to develop well and learn to control your emotions, it also has a potential to be a level A pilot. “