Audi chief Mattia Binotto was spotted in conversation with F1 hopeful Gabriel Bortoleto at Monza amidst reports he could take the second Audi seat alongside Nico Hulkenberg.
Audi, still running under the Sauber/Stake brand this season, have had a woeful 2024 championship with neither Valtteri Bottas nor Zhou Guanyu scoring a single point.
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Additional reporting by Thomas Maher and Sam Cooper
Stuck to the bottom of the Constructors’ Championship, six points behind Williams, the team suffered another huge blow at Monza when Bottas fell to 22nd on the Drivers’ log in a sport that only has fields 20 per drivers per weekend.
The Finn went from 21st to 22nd as Williams debutant Franco Colapinto finished 12th at the Italian Grand Prix, Bottas having already trailed Ferrari’s one-off driver Oliver Bearman in the standings.
But while it is a stat that Sauber could easily shrug off, it’s one that made the rounds on social media on Sunday evening after Monza.
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