Domain McLaren in the Sprint Race of the Brazilian GPpenultimate of the six scheduled this season (the last one is scheduled in Qatar). Lando Norris he prevailed ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastristarted from pole. Third place for Red Bull Max Verstappen who put the two Ferraris behind him Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz before being penalized 5” and relegated to fourth place. In the World Championship standings Verstappen leads with 367 points, Norris is second with 323. Times change for Sunday. Weather data in hand, the organizers decided to run the GP at 4.30pm Italian time and not at 6pm. Qualifying in the morning (at 11.30am).
Sunday’s schedule: GP brought forward to 4.30pm Italian time
The Brazilian GP was brought forward to 4.30pm Italian time: evidently the organisers, with weather data in hand, preferred not to take any risks. As regards the qualifications, which were not held due to the pouring rain, they will be held at 11.30
Qualifying postponed to Sunday
Too much rain on the Interlagos circuit, the discussion about pole is postponed until Sunday morning in Brazil.
Last attempts by the Safety car
It’s still raining heavily in Interlagos, and visibility is also decreasing. Postponement to tomorrow morning is increasingly likely
If qualifying isn’t possible between tonight and tomorrow morning…
The direct race leader could examine the free practice, the sprint qualifying or the sprint race classification
New update: departure postponed to 8.15pm Italian time
However, the rain is still falling on the Interlagos circuit
We should leave at 8pm Italian time
However, definitive updates are awaited
A new update at 7.30pm
The rain continues to fall although it seems to have decreased slightly in intensity
Waiting for the new departure time
We are still evaluating the possibility of not postponing everything until Sunday morning
More and more heavy rain
Downpour and almost non-existent visibility on the Interlagos circuit, where qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix should have started at 7pm. “The rain is very heavy, I don’t know if we will be able to leave”, explains Frederic Vasseur, Ferrari team principal to Sky Sport. Further developments on the final decision are awaited.
It’s raining cats and dogs on the Interlagos circuit, qualifying at risk
New update at 7pm, possible shift to tomorrow’s Brazilian morning
Verstappen penalized and fourth, Leclerc on the podium
Max Verstappen was subsequently penalized 5″ and demoted from third to fourth place. The Dutch Red Bull driver paid for breaking the delta time in an attempt to overtake McLaren driver Oscar Piastri under the Virtual Safety Car. Sale therefore in third place is Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc. Verstappen is first in the world championship standings with 367 points, 44 more than McLaren’s Englishman Lando Norris. At 7pm we return to the track official qualifications.
Verstappen: “Complicated race, lost time with Leclerc”
“It took me time to overtake Leclerc, I had to wait for him to make some mistakes before I could overtake him.” Max Verstappen he speaks like this after third place in the Sprint of the Brazilian GP. “A rather complicated race, with a very good pace – said the Dutchman from Red Bull – It took me time to overtake Leclerc, I had to wait for some errors before finalizing the overtaking. I don’t expect to be very fast on the lap dry, we’ll see how the weather changes tomorrow’s race and what opportunities we can have.”
Norris: “I thank Piastri”
“I don’t know if I would have been able to overtake Piastri without the exchange of positions, I’m not proud of this victory but naturally we did a great team job.” These are the words of Lando Norris after the victory in the Sprint in Brazil. “I’m not very proud of this victory, but we worked well as a team and I thank Piastri, who deserved the victory – explained the Briton – We have a great pace and I’m optimistic both for qualifying and for tomorrow’s race. I don’t know if I could overtake Piastri in a normal way. I felt a little faster but I had no margin for overtaking. It’s difficult to manage in sprint races like today.”
Verstappen at risk of penalty
Max Verstappen is at risk of a penalty for breaking the delta under the Virtual Safety Car when he attempted to overtake Piastri. Risks a 5 second penalty. In this case he would end up behind Leclerc by 9 tenths.
Norris wins the Sprint in Brazil
Double McLaren in the Sprint, Norris wins ahead of Plates e Verstappen. At the foot of the podium Ferrari with Leclerc fourth in front of SainzRussell, Gasly and Perez also scored points.
Problem for Hulkenberg
Turn 23 (its 24) – Problema per Hulkenberg, virtual safety car.
Norris in command
Turn 22 (its 24) – Norris approaches and overtakes Piastri to take the lead.
Verstappen supera Leclerc
Lap 18 (of 24) – Verstappen manages to overtake Leclerc and move into third position behind the two McLarens.
The situation
Turn 16 (its 24) – Piastri keeps Norris, Leclerc (who fails to get close to McLaren) and Verstappen behind him. Sainz, Russell, Gasly and Lawson are in the points.
Verstappen attacking Leclerc
Lap 13 (of 24) – Leclerc’s mistake, Verstappen approaches the Monegasque’s Ferrari.
Plates always in command
The situation after 10 laps – Piastri always in the lead ahead of Norris, Leclerc and Verstappen. Perez moved up to ninth, Hamilton was 14th.
Leclerc closer to Norris
Round 8 (of 24) – The top four drivers are very close with Leclerc coming significantly closer to Norris.
The situation
Round 5 (of 24) – The positions: Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Gasly and Lawson
Verstappen attacking Leclerc
Round 3 (of 24) – Verstappen close to Leclerc, tries to overtake twice but the Ferrari driver defends himself well.
Off to Sprint, Piastri in command
Piastri holds first position at the start ahead of Norris, Leclerc defends third place from Verstappen’s attack.
Training ride
The formation lap begins, the Sprint is about to leave
A few minutes to go
It’s almost time for the Sprint to start. The Aston Martins of Stroll e Alonso and the Sauber di Zhou they will start from the pit lane for some changes made under parc fermé.
How many points does the sprint race award
The sprint race awards points only to the first eight classified: 8 points go to the winner, 7 to the second classified, 6 to the third up to one point for the eighth.
The penalty to Verstappen
Max Verstappen will face a five-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race for changing the engine in his Red Bull.
So the qualifications: Piastri on pole
Qualifying for the Sprint race was dominated by McLaren with both cars on the front row. Oscar Piastri he will start from pole and will have his teammate at his side Lando Norris. In the second row the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and the Red Bull of Max Verstappen.
The world championship stops in Brazil
At 3pm the sprint race takes place on the Interlagos circuit Brazilian GPtwenty-first round (out of 24) of the Formula 1 World Championship. It is the fifth and penultimate sprint of the season, the sixth and last will take place at the end of the month in Qatar.
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