Max Verstappen climbs up from 17th on the grid to win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, one of his greatest victories taking him to the brink of a fourth world title.
Max Verstappen climbed up from 17th on the grid to win the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, one of his greatest victories taking him to the brink of a fourth world title.
A chaotic, incident-strewn, wet race that involved a red flag, two safety car periods and a series of crashes and incidents will be remembered for a victory that was not only Verstappen’s 62nd, but one of the greatest wet-weather victories of all time. Leclerc pitted for fresh tyres on lap 24, searching for extra grip, and a virtual safety car period on lap 28, prompted by Nick Hulkenberg spinning his Haas, tempted RB to pit Tsunoda, and Russell and Norris followed him in the next time around.
Russell shouted his frustration over the radio, saying: “I told you we should stay out.” And a more rueful Norris acknowledged that events had given Ocon and Verstappen the chance to bank track position, and to change their tyres for free. Verstappen said: “My emotions have been a rollercoaster, with the red flag in qualifying starting P17 I knew it was going to be a really tough race, we stayed out of trouble, we stayed calm and we were flying, all these things made this possible."Ocon and Gasly were comfortable in second and third places for the rest of the race, even though Russell finished on the tail of the second Alpine.
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