Autosport Q+A: Gabriel Bortoleto to Sauber, Is Norris World Champion Material?

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🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In the first episode of a brand new series, Bryn Lucas hosts Ben Hunt and Kevin Turner on the Autosport Podcast in a fan Q+A edition of the show. There's a discussion on the breaking news story of the day with Sauber announcing one of the final seats for 2025 as Formula 2 Championship Leader and former McLaren junior driver Gabriel Bortoleto will be joining the team, with both current drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu leaving at season's end. Kev and Ben wonder if Gabriel is worthy of the leap to F1, what's next for the departing Sauber drivers, and the change of hiring culture in the sport with four rookies set to debut next year. There are also more of your questions in the aftermath of the Brazilian Grand Prix, such as whether Lando Norris is World Champion material, how Lewis Hamilton will fare at Ferrari given his recent struggles on track, and whether Franco Colapinto will get picked up at RB for 2025. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Bryn Lucas and you're listening to the Autosport podcast.
0:05.0	Round 21 of the 2024 Formula One World Championship season saw the teams head off to Brazil for the back end of another triple header and what could end up being a definitive race in the season itself.
0:22.6	Max Mustappen started 17th cut through the field in what surely is one of the most impressive drives
0:27.6	in his already sterling Formula One career.
0:30.6	A red flag coming at the perfect moment for him after Franco Colapinto of Williams got himself into some trouble.
0:36.6	And a restart in second, Max forcing his way through to first and going on to take his first
0:41.0	victory in 11 Grand Prix, going back all the way to the back end of June in Spain.
0:46.7	He finished ahead of the two Alpines.
0:49.0	Yes, Alpine, second and third.
0:50.8	Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gazly, a fantastic performance for the
0:54.6	Endstone team, and the first time they've had a double podium since 2013. Well, before we have a look
1:00.7	at the Grand Prix itself and some breaking news, let's have a quick recap of the result from
1:04.3	Inter Lagos. Well, it was Max Mustafa and that finished some 19 seconds ahead of Ocon and Pierre
1:09.8	Gasly, the two Alpine drivers,
1:11.3	scoring some great whopping points for the team.
1:13.9	George Russell, Mercedes coming home in fourth before Charlotte Clerk in fifth for the first of the Ferraris.
1:19.7	Lorris in sixth ending pretty much his championship hopes surely.
1:23.3	Sonoda in seventh, Piastri, eight.
1:25.3	Lawson in nine, great result for R.B and Lewis Hamilton rounding out the points in 10th place. Perez, eight, Lawson in nine great result for RB and Lewis Hamilton
1:28.2	rounding out the points in 10th place. Perez, 11th, disappointing for him, Behrman, Bottas, Alonso and
1:34.1	Guan Yu, the finishers, DNFs for Sainz and Colopinto, a disqualification for Holkenberg,
1:39.9	and a DNS for Albon and Lance Stroll. Well, joining me to discuss the Grand Prix and some breaking news, I'm delighted to have Ben Hunt
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