Showing posts with label Brazilian Grand Prix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazilian Grand Prix. Show all posts
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
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Saturday, 8 November 2025
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
VERSTAPPEN TIPPED TO 'HAVE REAL.CHANCES' OF WINNING 'AGAIN' IN BRAZIL
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| Photo: Race Pictures |
Ralf Schumacher believes Max Verstappen could be back in genuine contention for victory at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
“Verstappen will push in Brazil, I’m pretty sure of that. I can imagine he’ll have real chances to win again"
- RALF SCHUMACHER
Speaking on the Backstage Boxengasse podcast, the former German driver is placing high expectations on the four-time world champion this weekend.
“Verstappen will push in Brazil, I’m pretty sure of that,” he said. “I can imagine he’ll have real chances to win again. Even in tricky conditions, he’s been incredibly fast. Of course, anything can happen."
Unlike last year, when Verstappen delivered a masterclass in the pouring rain, Schumacher pointed out that the RB21 hasn’t been nearly as dominant in similar conditions this season.
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| Max Verstappen - Photo: Race Pictures |
"Red Bull hasn’t been particularly strong in the wet this year when it did rain, but let’s see. It’s warm there, could go either way."
“All in all, it should be an exciting weekend, especially with what’s happening around them. Can Ferrari hit back again? What about Mercedes? There’s still a lot of intrigue left because no one’s been truly dominant lately."
Why Verstappen can finally catch a breathe ahead of Brazilian GP
The four-time world champion heads to Mexico trailing new championship leader Lando Norris by 36 points. Norris reclaimed the top spot in the standings at the very same venue, displacing his teammate—a position he hadn’t held since the start of the season.
After months of driving under pressure, many of the penalty points he’d accumulated over the past 12 months have now been wiped from his superlicence, allowing him to compete with a clear head.
- Tobia Elia
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
BRAZIL GRAND PRIX: WILLIAMS 'HURTING' AFTER THREE BIG CRASHES BY
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| F1.com |
Williams boss James Vowles said he was "hurting" after the Formula 1 team suffered three costly crashes in Brazil on Sunday and dropped a place in the constructors' world championship.
Franco Colapinto and Alex Albon both crashed in qualifying at Interlagos, postponed from Saturday, with the latter driver unable to take part in the race because the mechanics were unable to rebuild his car in time.
Argentine rookie Colapinto then crashed again in the race, triggering red flags.
With Renault-owned Alpine finishing second and third with Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly in a rain-hit grand prix, Williams fell to ninth in the standings with three rounds remaining and 27 points between them and eighth-placed RB.
"The nature of Formula One is that you can have some of the most incredible feelings and results, as well as some of the lowest moments that you can feel within a sport. I think it's fair to say this weekend is the second of those two," Vowles said.
"We've had three incredibly large crashes in just a few hours from one another and have a tremendous amount of work to get ourselves back on top of our spares situation before we go to Las Vegas in just a few weeks' time."
Vowles said he had watched the race through to the end, despite Colapinto crashing before the half-distance, because he wanted "to make sure I remember today because this isn't what I want us to be feeling in the future."
Albon said it had been a tough few weeks with the team now in a challenging position.
"I really didn't expect the incident in Turn One to happen, so we need to take a proper look to figure out what happened," he added.
"It's disappointing as it would've been a great opportunity to score points, as we knew coming to Brazil there is always a chance for crazy races, however it's our competitors who've been able to capitalise on this."
- Reuters
Monday, 4 November 2024
Saturday, 2 November 2024
'WE CAN'T MAKE THE CAR WORSE' - LEWIS HAMILTON SEEKS CHANGES AMID MERCEDES STRUGGLES
Lewis Hamilton will look to make changes to his Mercedes F1 car ahead of qualifying at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
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| Lewis Hamilton |
The seven-time world champion has endured a miserable weekend so far in Brazil. He failed to make the cut for the top-10 in sprint qualifying and was knocked out in SQ2, before a frustrating run to 11th in the sprint.
Hamilton lost ground on the opening lap and while he was able to recover to finish where he started, he admitted the 24-lap sprint race was “one of the worst of the year”.
"Probably one of the worst [races] of the year. The car was all over the place. It was a real, real struggle,” the outgoing Mercedes driver explained.
"Our car does not like this track. At least we have time now to make some changes going into qualifying. We definitely can’t make it worse."
Hamilton’s teammate, George Russell, fared better as he took sixth ahead of Alpine's Pierre Gasly.
“It’s just how it is at the moment,” Russell commented. “Often those cars in the midfield are pushing in the beginning to be within the DRS.
“I think we finished the race six seconds behind Carlos [Sainz], six seconds ahead of Gasly, which is exactly what we thought would happen before the race.
“We will try to improve but we are not going to make a pole position, race-winning car from now until qualifying starts.”
Russell has closed to within nine points of sixth-placed Hamilton in the drivers’ standings.
Mercedes, meanwhile, remain fourth, 150 points adrift of Red Bull with four grands prix and one sprint race remaining this season.
- Lewis Larkam
MCLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI TAKES SPRINT PILE WITH LANDO NORRIS ON FRONT ROW
Oscar Piastri will start from pole position in Saturday's sprint race at the Brazilian Grand Prix after outqualifying McLaren teammate Lando Norris by 0.029 seconds.
Norris' title rival, Max Verstappen, qualified in fourth place for Red Bull with Charles Leclerc in third place for Ferrari.
The 24-lap sprint race will take place on Saturday morning before qualifying for Sunday's full-length Grand Prix.
Friday's qualifying result presents a slightly awkward situation for McLaren, which has promised to support Norris' title bid where possible and has said it will favour the British driver in 50/50 situations over Piastri.
Asked if he would sacrifice a win in the sprint for his teammate, Piastri said: "Yes, I said I would from when we first had these discussions.
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| Oscar Piastri led a McLaren one-two for Saturday's sprint race. |
"It would be nice to win, but it's one point different and it's not the main race. We'll see, Lando needs the points in the drivers' standings a lot more than I do, but of course I still want to win.
"So if I put in the effort and have good pace, I'm sure that won't go unnoticed, but let's see."
Eight points are on offer for victory in the sprint, with seven points for second place, six for third, and single-point deductions all the way down to eighth place.
Norris currently trails Verstappen by 47 points in the drivers' standings with four rounds remaining this season.
Asked if Friday's result was positive for his championship hopes, Norris said: "I don't care, I hate these questions so much. I'm just going to race, I don't care about where he qualifies.
"For me I'm just going to focus on my own job. That's it. It's the same question every time, but it doesn't matter, if he's first or he's last I'll do the best I can."
Verstappen was 0.320 seconds off the fastest time set by Piastri but managed to outqualify Mexico Grand Prix winner Carlos Sainz in the second Ferrari.
"Yeah, as soon as we went into qualifying it looked like we were definitely off," Verstappen said. "The car was a bit difficult on the bumps. They did the resurfacing but I think they actually made it worse to drive!
"It's extremely bumpy everywhere, so that's not good for our car. All the bumpy areas, the car is jumping around a lot, and it's costing me quite a bit of lap time unfortunately."
Mercedes' George Russell will line up sixth on the grid ahead of Alpine's Pierre Gasly in seventh place, Liam Lawson's RB in eighth and the Williams of Alex Albon in ninth.
Oliver Bearman, who is standing in for Kevin Magnussen after the Haas regular fell ill overnight, will start tenth in the sprint, but will give the car back to Magnussen for qualifying for the grand prix if the Dane is fit enough to compete. Bearman's fastest effort in SQ3 was deleted for exceeding track limits.
The result presents a slightly awkward situation for McLaren as Norris remains in contention for the title but will start behind Piastri, who is no longer in realist
Lewis Hamilton failed to make the top ten by 0.097 seconds and will line up 11th on the grid ahead of the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg in 12th.
- Laurence Edmondson
Friday, 1 November 2024
FOREVER SENNA | BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX 2024
A bunch of F1 drivers in a giant Ayrton Senna helmet 😁 The next part of Sebastian Vettel’s tribute to the legendary Brazilian driver.
The helmet art piece, which is made of recycled materials, also showcases the importance of sustainability and environmental change 💚
- Mercedes-AMG
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
FERNANDO ALONSO TO ARRIVE LATE IN BRAZIL AFTER TREATMENT FOR INFECTION
Fernando Alonso will arrive late to this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix following treatment for an intestinal infection.
Alonso’s Aston Martin team revealed the 43-year-old suffered the illness prior to the previous round in Mexico.
The Spaniard headed to Europe to see a specialist following the race in Mexico City and he will be absent from Thursday’s media activities to preview Sunday’s Grand Prix in Interlagos.
He is expected to be in his cockpit for practice on Friday.
A statement from the British team read: “Aston Martin confirms that Fernando Alonso will miss his media day activities in Brazil.
“Fernando had suffered with an intestinal infection in the lead up to the Mexico City Grand Prix. He returned to Europe to receive further treatment from a specialist.
“The extra day of treatment has delayed his travel plans to Brazil but ensures he will be ready for this weekend’s racing.”
Alonso became the first driver to reach 400 Grands Prix last Sunday but, after he qualified 13th, the two-time world champion was forced to retire following just 15 laps with a brake failure.
- Philip Duncan, Pa F1 Correspondent
Wednesday, 19 June 2024
TIMO GLOCK ON THE 2008 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Timo Glock has revealed that after the 2008 Brazil GP, he was transported to the airport under police escort due to the 'freak show' of backlash from fans.
On the last lap, Hamilton dramatically overtook Glock to clinch the title off Felipe Massa, who would have otherwise won.
The German explained: "I just tried to keep the car on the track and survive. A lot of cars passed me. I didn't really pay attention when Sebastian and Lewis overtook me [...after the race] camera guys and journalists run down towards me. I just moved to the side because I thought they all wanted to go to Lewis. They come to me and ask me those questions."
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