168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso has leapt to the defence of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Gabriel Bortoleto in the wake of crit🧸icism from Red Bull’s Helmut Marko.

Asked to assess F1 2025’s rookie crop, Marko gave Bortoleto a “B” rating as he placed the drivers into three categories, while including Red Bull junior 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Isack Hadjar in the “A” group.

Bortoleto earned an F1 seat with Sauber after winning back-to-back titles in Formula 3 and Formula 2, where he beat new Racing Bulls driv🐭er Hadjar by 22.5 points.

And two-time world champion Alonso has strongly backed the 20-year-old Brazilian who is signed to his A14 managemen꧃t stable in response to Marko’s c🌞omments.

“I think Hel𝄹𒉰mut has to defend his drivers,” Alonso said. “I think the facts are a little bit stronger than Helmut’s words.

“I think maybe it refers to last year’s F2 [championship] with Isack and Gabriel. They finished 1-2, they both have incredible talent, and they both are in F1, which is a great sign. Le🐎t’s see what the future brings.

“I hope for both to have a very long and successful career, but what Gabriel did, winning F3 and F2 i⭕n his rookie seasons… I think the future will tell, but I’m happy and proud of Gabriel.”

How Bortoleto responded to Marko 

Bortoleto gave a firm but respectful answer when he was asked to give his thoughts ꧑on Marko’s verdict.

“I think Helmut is a guy that is for a ver▨y long time in F1,” he said. “He has put a lot of very talented drivers in F1 in the past, but he also put probably more driv🧸ers that failed to be in F1.

“I have – to be honest – respect for him, for the achievements with the drivers that he put [in F1]. Max Verstappen, for me, is one of the greatest of the 🍌sport.

“Everyone can have opinions. We live in a free world. I think he has his opinions about me. I thi🌱nk I proved myself to be in F1. I won F3 and🌊 F2 as a rookie.”

Bortoleto vowed to prove Marko wro🥃ng and make him “regret what he said”.

“I’m going to prove him wrong with time,” he continued. “It’s just a matter of time. Nothing I can sa🌞y to the media right now will change his mind, because he’s just talking and talking.

“The only thing I can do now is head to the track and🍰 prove that his argument was wrong. Hopefully, with time, he will 🦂admit, ‘OK, my opinion wasn’t right’, and he will regret what he said.

“But I’ve done this in the past as well. I’ve said things probably 🐲that I regret and I don’t agree [with] nowadays. It’s normal. I’m not 🥃going to make a big thing about it.”