This Week – 12/11/2023
Analysis and a round-up of the weeks news stories, looking at what they mean for F1, both on and off track
Sao Paulo GP – Result
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:26:07.894 25 2 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes +00:08.277 19 3 Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin – Mercedes +00:34.155 15 4 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull – Honda RBPT +00:34.208 12 5 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin – Mercedes
SAO PAULO GP – Max Verstappen takes another dominant seventeenth win of the season eight seconds ahead of Lando Norris
Max Verstappen put in another dominant win beating Lando Norris by eight seconds to win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The Dutchman looked unstoppable after the second start from where he controlled the race from the restart opening a second lead by the end of the first full lap of racing. The Dutchman’s seventeenth win
Sao Paulo GP – Sprint Result
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 30:07.209 8 2 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes +00:04.287 7 3 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull – Honda RBPT +00:13.517 6 4 George Russell GBR Mercedes +00:25.879 5 5 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari +00:28.560 4 6 Yuki Tsunoda JAP
SAO PAULO GP – Max Verstappen takes sprint victory by four seconds ahead of Lando Norris
Max Verstappen has beaten Lando Norris by four seconds to win the sprint race at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver made a lighting start of the line into the Senna S to pass Norris at the first corner before the Englishman lost out as well to the McLaren early on. Norris
Sao Paulo GP – Sprint Qualifying Result
Po Name Nat Team SQ1 SQ2 SQ3 1 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:11.824 01:11.231 01:10.622 2 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:11.888 01:11.262 01:10.683 3 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:12.218 01:11.230 01:10.756 4 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:11.976 01:11.516 01:10.857 5 George Russell GBR Mercedes 01:11.970
SAO PAULO GP – Lando Norris beats Max Verstappen to sprint pole by six hundredths
Lando Norris has beaten Max Verstappen by six hundredths of a second to take pole for the sprint at the São Paulo Grand Prix. The McLaren driver was surprised by his pole position and beating both Red Bulls, underlining further the progress McLaren has made in the second half of the season. Despite looking down
Sao Paulo GP – Qualifying Result
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:10.436 01:10.162 01:10.727 2 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 01:10.472 01:10.303 01:11.021 3 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin – Mercedes 01:10.561 01:10.375 01:11.344 4 Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin – Mercedes 01:10.567 01:10.237 01:11.387 5 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:10.604
SAO PAULO GP – Max Verstappen beats Charles Leclerc to Grand Prix pole by three-tenths before a biblical storm curtails qualifying
Max Verstappen has beaten Charles Leclerc by almost three-tenths of a second to take pole for Sunday’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The Dutchman set a 10.727 On his first run in Q3 topping the time before the sky got darker and darker as the rain moved in and caused the session to be abandoned with
SAO PAULO GP – Carlos Sainz leads Ferrari one-two in practice, with interesting strategies at play
Carlos Sainz led a Ferrari one-two in practice for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, the Spaniard set an 11.792 going just over a tenth faster than teammate Charles Leclerc. The only practice session saw some interesting strategies play out as the teams prepared for qualifying later this afternoon. Last year’s race winner George Russell put