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The latest news and analysis behind the headlines ahead of this weekend’s Soa Paulo Grand Prix, looking at the biggest talking points going into this race at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace
The latest news and analysis behind the headlines ahead of this weekend’s Soa Paulo Grand Prix, looking at the biggest talking points going into this race at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Round twenty-one of the season brings F1 to Interlagos for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix at Interlagos. Officially called Autodromo José Carlos Pace, the circuit has always been referred to by its former name from when it was built in the late 1930s retaining the name Interlagos until 1985. Interlagos translates into English roughly as
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Carlos Sainz ESP Ferrari 01:40:55.800 25 2 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes +00:04.705 18 3 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari +00:34.387 15 4 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes +00:44.780 12 5 George Russell GBR Mercedes +00:48.536 10 6 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT +00:59.553 8 7
Carlos Sainz converted pole into victory at the Mexico City Grand Prix beating Lando Norris by almost four and three quarters of a second. Despite losing the lead to Max Verstappen at the start the Spaniard managed to stay second during the opening stages behind the safety car before launching a controlled but brave move
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Carlos Sainz ESP Ferrari 01:16.778 01:16.515 01:15.946 2 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:16.803 01:16.514 01:16.171 3 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:16.505 01:16.301 01:16.260 4 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 01:16.972 01:16.641 01:16.265 5 George Russell GBR Mercedes 01:17.194 01:16.937 01:16.356 6 Lewis
Carlos Sainz has taken pole position for the Mexico City Grand Prix, on his second run in Q3 the Ferrari driver set a 15.946 going two-tenths faster than Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. The Spaniard took his first pole in a year with two laps in the final part of qualifying, while Verstappen had it
Oscar Piastri led a McLaren one-two in third practice for the Mexico City Grand Prix, the Australian set a 16.492 putting himself ahead of teammate Lando Norris by just under six hundredths behind. Both McLarens looked smooth out on track as they traded fastest times during the second half of the session. Both McLarens looked
Carlos Sainz was fastest in second practice for this weekends Mexico City Grand Prix, the Ferrari driver set a 17.699, putting himself just under two-tenths faster than Oscar Piastri. Sainz set his fastest time on the midway through the session but it’s tricky to gauge the true picture as Pirelli used some of the session
George Russell was fastest in first practice for this weekend’s Mexico City Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver set a 17.998 on the soft tyre which put him just over three tenths faster than Carlos Sainz. Russell had gone half a second faster with twenty minutes to go before the Ferrari driver narrowed the gap going
“driving like a muppet” led to Verstappen battle – Norris Lando Norris has conceded that “driving like a muppet” at the start of last weekend’s United States Grand Prix ultimately led to the controversial battle with Max Verstappen. On the opening lap in Austin, the McLaren driver made a lunge into the first corner forcing