Bortoleto Reflects on Scoreless 2025 Season: Russell Didnt Earn Any Points in His Rookie Year

Brazilian Formula 1 driver **[Gabriel Bortoleto](https://www.example.com/tags/42858-gabriel-bortoleto/)** from the «Kik-Zauber» team shared his thoughts on his rookie season.

«I am quite satisfied with my performance this year. It’s clear that we are not in the position we aspire to be. There’s still a lot of work ahead of us. We believe we deserve to compete for points at the very least, but we are still in the process of establishing ourselves as a team. Nonetheless, I am happy with what I am achieving.

I feel I’ve had solid qualifying results. On race days, I still need to make progress to better understand the dynamics of racing throughout the entire event. However, I believe that understanding will come with experience, and I am determined to improve. So far, everything has been going well; my pace is quite decent, which is encouraging.

I firmly believe that challenging years are essential for becoming a better driver and a better person. If I could, I would want to be fighting for podiums, victories, and points more consistently right now. That hasn’t happened yet. George Russell had a very tough debut year; I don’t think he scored any points, and look where he is now. People tend to forget that,» Bortoleto’s comments were reported by Crash.