Sauber’s Bortoleto, the back-to-back F2 and F3 champion, had a promising begin to his F1 debut however was one other to be caught out by the rain on Sunday.
The Brazilian, 20, outqualified his skilled team-mate Nico Hulkenberg however crashed late throughout the race and was compelled to retire.
The rookie who bucked the pattern was 18-year-old Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton’s substitute at Mercedes who made his means by way of the sphere from sixteenth to complete fourth.
He did have a spin and was given a five-second penalty for an unsafe launch from the pit lane, however that was later overturned.
The Italian grew to become the third-youngest driver in F1 historical past and was “actually glad” with the consequence and thanked the workforce for doing an incredible job at “guiding” him by way of.
Regardless of it being a troublesome day on the workplace for a number of of the rookies, they are often comforted by the truth that a number of the extra skilled drivers have been additionally caught out by the circumstances.
Final yr’s winner Carlos Sainz, now at Williams, crashed on the primary lap however was in a position to present invaluable strategic perception for the rest of the race, serving to team-mate Alex Albon to complete fifth.
In the meantime, probably the most skilled driver in F1 historical past, 43-year-old Fernando Alonso, could not keep away from the wall both, crashing his Aston Martin to convey out the second of three security automobiles.
The F1 calendar takes the groups to China subsequent weekend and the rookies is likely to be relieved to know that sunny and dry climate for all three days is the early forecast.
