Highlights: Brazil GP 2021 in Formula 1

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LEWIS HAMILTON WINS THE SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX 2021

Fastest lap of Sergio Perez with a time of 1:11.006

Checo Perez changes tires. He puts on the used softs hoping to gain the fastest lap point.

Time of 2.4 seconds

1  Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes

2  Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+8.410  

3  Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes+14.428

Good participation of Ferrari maintaining the fifth and sixth position of the race, once again overtaking McLaren on track

1  Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes

2  Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+3.171  

3  Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes+11.848  

4  Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing+16.320  

5  Charles LECLERC Ferrari+49.217  

6  Carlos SAINZ Ferrari+53.715  

7  Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+72.101  

8  Fernando ALONSO Alpine1 L

9  Esteban OCON Alpine1 L

10  Lando NORRIS McLaren

Gasly and Ocon have a particular battle, three laps ago they overtook each other taking advantage of the DRS. the stability of Ocon's Alpine in less than a second.

LEWIS HAMILTON OVERTAKES MAX VERSTAPPEN ON THE STRAIGHT IN THE FIRST DRS ZONE.

HAMILTON TAKES FIRST PLACE IN THE BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX!

 

HAMILTON'S PRESSURE ON VERSTAPPEN IS CONSTANT, THE BRITISHMAN HAS A CHANCE TO USE THE DRS ON THE DUTCHMAN, BUT HE STILL CAN'T BEAT HIM.

Daniel Ricciardo and Lance Stroll are forced to abandon the race due to problems with their cars.

HAMILTON AND VERSTAPPEN MEET WHEEL TO WHEEL, THE RED BULL DRIVER LEAVES HIM WITH NO ROOM AND BOTH RUN OFF THE TRACK BUT VERSTAPPEN KEEPS THE POSITION. 

INCREDIBLE FIGHT FOR THE LEAD!

HAMILTON IS SECOND +0.902 AHEAD OF MAX VERSTAPPEN WHO IS FIRST

Fastest lap of Lewis Hamilton with a time of 1:12.135

HAMILTON PIT STOP, PUT THE HARD AND MERCEDES MAKE A TIME OF 2.6 SECONDS

Fastest lap of Max Verstappen with a time of 1:12.959

1  Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes

2  Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes+9.607  

3  Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing+18.517  

4  Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+25.816  

5  Charles LECLERC Ferrari+26.453  

6  Carlos SAINZ Ferrari+31.058  

7  Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+34.933  

8  Daniel RICCIARDO McLaren+37.487  

9  Esteban OCON Alpine+50.073  

10  Fernando ALONSO Alpine+53.607

MAX VERSTAPPEN PIT STOP, THEY TRY TO TAKE THE FIRST PLACE WITH STRATEGY. 2.7 STOP IN THE RED BULL PIT BOX

Sebastian Vettel is tenth, Fernando Alonso is eleventh and Yuki Tsunoda is twelfth.

All three are under the DRS range as the difference is less than one second. 

Esteban Ocon overtakes Yuki Tsunoda and moves into the points. Ocon is tenth

Hamilton can overtake Verstappen for first position as he is out of DRS range. The gap is +1.469

Valtteri Bottas makes his stop and keeps third place

Lance Stroll's flat-bottom comes off and is scattered across the track. There is a virtual safety car

MAX VERSTAPPEN RESPONDS WITH HIS STOP, SWITCHES FROM MEDIUM TO HARD TIRES, DOES A TIME OF 2.4 SECONDS AND RED BULL REFUSES TO GIVE AN ADVANTAGE.

HAMILTON TRIES AN UNDERCUT, ENTERS THE PITS AND CHANGES THE MEDIUM TIRES FOR THE HARD ONES. VERY GOOD STOP BY MERCEDES WITH A TIME OF 2.4 SECONDS.

Pierre Gasly makes a pit stop, changes medium tires for hard tires and makes a 2.9 stop in the AlphaTauri pit box.

1  Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing

2  Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes+4.090  

3  Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing+7.070  

4  Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes+9.029  

5  Charles LECLERC Ferrari+13.521  

6  Carlos SAINZ Ferrari+15.698  

7  Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+18.313  

8  Daniel RICCIARDO McLaren+20.169  

9  Sebastian VETTEL Aston Martin+23.006  

10  Esteban OCON Alpine+24.501  

11  Fernando ALONSO Alpine+27.101  

12  Antonio GIOVINAZZI Alfa Romeo Racing+30.610  

13  Lando NORRIS McLaren+31.915  

14  Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri+33.028  

15  Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN Alfa Romeo Racing+36.478  

16  George RUSSELL Williams+38.810  

17  Nikita MAZEPIN Haas F1 Team+45.507  

18  Nicholas LATIFI Williams+49.434  

19  Lance STROLL Aston Martin+51.438  

20  Mick SCHUMACHER Haas F1 Team

Lance Stroll makes a pit stop and changes from medium to hard tires. Long stop of 4.3 in the Aston Martin pit box.

Lewis Hamilton overtakes Perez and is now second, a great comeback for the world champion who climbed 8 positions.

CHECO PÉREZ AND LEWIS HAMILTON ARE FIGHTING AN EPIC BATTLE FOR SECOND PLACE. HAMILTON HAD OVERTAKEN THE MEXICAN IN THE S DE SENNA, BUT THE RED BULL DRIVER REGAINED SECOND PLACE.

Yuki Tsunoda is penalized 10 seconds, as a consequence of the collision he had with Lance Stroll in turn one of lap one.

1  Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing

2  Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing+1.506  

3  Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes +2.178

Yellow flags on the track due to Schumacher's incident, virtual safety car is present

Mick Schumacher crashed into Raikkonen and destroyed his front wing. He will now have to pit to change that part of his car.

VERSTAPPEN STAYS FIRST, PÉREZ MANAGED TO HOLD OFF HAMILTON'S PRESSURE AND THE FIRST THREE PODIUM POSITIONS REMAIN THE SAME

The safety car leaves the track and the race is restarted.

The safety car comes out onto the track, as Tsunoda wrecked the front of his car in turn one.

Lewis Hamilton is now third, moving into podium position at +4.736 behind Max Verstappen who is first in the race

Lando Norris reports a flat tire, Hamilton is now sixth after starting tenth. RED BULL LEADS SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX WITH 1.2 ON THE PODIUM

MAX VERSTAPPEN MAKES A GREAT START, WINS THE POSITION FROM VALTTERI BOTTAS AND TAKES FIRST PLACE, CHECO PÉREZ MOVES UP POSITIONS AND IS NOW SECOND.

Drivers take to the track and warm up their compounds

Lewis Hamilton was penalized five positions on the starting grid for changing the internal combustion engine.

24°C

Chance of precipitation: 5%.

Humidity: 48%.

Wind: 10 km/h.

Valtteri Bottas +3 points

Max Vestappen +2 points

Carlos Sainz +1 point

VALTTERI BOTTAS WON THE SPRINT QUALIFYING FOR THE SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX 2021 - HE HAS POLE POSITION AND WILL START FIRST IN SUNDAY'S RACE.

HE HAS POLE POSITION AND WILL START FIRST IN SUNDAY'S RACE

Lewis Hamilton overtakes Lando Norris in fifth position. Great maneuver of the Mercedes driver who overtook the McLaren driver in the first corner of the circuit.

Valtteri Bottas remains in first position and pulls away from Verstappen. The difference is +1.067

Carlos Sainz overtook Perez in position 3. Unfortunately for the Ferrari driver, his soft tires are starting to wear out.

 

Lewis Hamilton climbs up positions with impeccable quality. He started from last place and is now in seventh position.

Checo Perez is less than a second behind Carlos Sainz and can beat him for third.

Verstappen can also use DRS against Bottas in the fight for first place.

Vettel is ninth, Hamilton is tenth and Ricciardo is eleventh. All are less than a second behind their immediate rivals and can use DRS.

1. BOTTAS

2. VERSTAPPEN

3. SAINZ

Lando Norris puts up a battle with Charles Leclerc for fourth place, but can't beat the Ferrari man

Fastest lap of Max Verstappen with a time of 1:12.187

Yuki Tsunoda opposes Hamilton for 16th place.

Antonio Giovinazzi touches his teammate, Kimi Raikkonen and forces him into a spin

BOTTAS GETS OFF TO A GOOD START, TAKES FIRST PLACE, CARLOS SAINZ MOVES UP TO SECOND AND WINS THE POSITION FROM VERSTAPPEN

Here is how we will now line up for #F1Sprint 👇#BrazilGP 🇧🇷 #F1 pic.twitter.com/KYXNJtOiXT — Formula 1 (@F1) November 13, 2021

Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix for committing a technical infringement on his DRS.

 

The starting grid for Saturday's sprint qualifying will be as follows.

 

Lewis Hamilton goes fastest!

What a session for the @MercedesAMGF1 driver, incredibly strong 💪#BrazilGP 🇧🇷 #F1 pic.twitter.com/9BW4A6OXbl — Formula 1 (@F1) November 12, 2021

Hamilton takes the best time with 1:07.944

1 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes 1:08.107  

2 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+0.265  

3 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes+0.362  

4 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing+0.731  

5 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri+0.858  

6 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari+0.879  

7 Lando NORRIS McLaren+0.987  

8 Fernando ALONSO Alpine+1.073  

9 Daniel RICCIARDO McLaren+1.093  

10 Charles LECLERC Ferrari+1.296

Hamilton sets fastest lap with a time of 1:08.107

Leclerc and Sainz take to the track and the final stage of qualifying begins

ELIMINATED ARE:

OCON 

VETTEL

TSUNODA

RÄIKKÖNEN

GIOVINAZZI

For now the eliminated are:

OCON

TSUNODA

VETTEL

RAIKKONEN

GIOVINAZZI

Hamilton has the fastest lap with a time of 1:08.386

Max Verstappen sets fastest lap time of 1:08.567

The second part of the qualifying gets underway

ELIMINATED ARE:

STROLL

LATIFI

RUSSELL

SCHUMACHER

MAZEPIN

Williams in danger of being eliminated, Leclerc up in the logs with +0.422 from first in the session

For now, the eliminated are:

RUSSELL

SCHUMACHER

GIOVINAZZI

MAZEPIN

LECLERC

The Mercedes take to the track and Hamilton is first with a time of 1:08.824.

Gasly records fastest lap so far with a time of 1:10.062

Both Ferrari and Haas representatives take to the track

17 C°

Chance of precipitation: 18%.

Humidity: 71%.

Wind: 23 km/h.

 

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DRIVER	TEAM	POINTS
1. Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING	312.5
2. Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	293.5
3. Valtteri Bottas	MERCEDES	185
4. Sergio Pérez	RED BULL RACING	165
5. Lando Norris	MCLAREN	150
6. Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	138
7. Carlos Sainz	FERRARI	130.5
8. Daniel Ricciardo	MCLAREN	105
9. Pierre Gasly	ALPHATAURI	86
10. Fernando Alonso	ALPINE RENAULT	60
11. Esteban Ocon	ALPINE RENAULT	46
12. Sebastian Vettel	ASTON MARTIN	42
13. Lance Stroll	ASTON MARTIN	26
14. Yuki Tsunoda	ALPHATAURI	20
15. George Russell	WILLIAMS	16
16. Kimi Räikkönen	ALFA ROMEO	10
17. Nicholas Latifi	WILLIAMS	7
18. Antonio Giovinazzi	ALFA ROMEO	1
19. Mick Schumacher	HAAS F1 TEAM	0
21. Nikita Mazepin	HAAS F1 TEAM	0

 

TEAM	POINTS
1. Mercedes	478.5
2. Red Bull Racing	477.5
3. Ferrari	268.5
4. McLaren	255
5. Alpine	106
6. AlphaTauri	106
7. Aston Martin	68
8. Williams	23
9. Alfa Romeo Racing	11
10. Haas F1 Team	0

 

The FIA officially announced that for this 2021 version of the Brazilian Grand Prix there will be no track limits at the José Carlos Pace circuit.

For 2021, the FIA implemented a new qualifying system in Formula 1. This change stipulates that Friday will be free practice 1 and qualifying based on Q1, Q2 and Q3. This qualifying will define the starting grid for the sprint qualifying. On Saturday, free practice 2 and a short qualifying, called sprint qualifying, which is no more than 100 kilometers long, will be held. This sprint qualifying will determine the final starting grid positions for the final race on Sunday.
The sprint classification will award three points in the drivers' world championship table to the winner, two to the second and one point to the third.

Valtteri Bottas set the record for the fastest lap at the São Paulo circuit during the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship. The Finn's record was 1:10.540 aboard his Mercedes AMG F1 W09 EQ Power+.

 

The Autodromo José Carlos Pace has been part of the Formula 1 calendar since 1973. This circuit has a length of 4.309 kilometers and two DRS zones that make overtaking possible. The race will have a total of 71 laps and the record for the fastest lap is held by Valtteri Bottas when in 2018 he achieved a time of 1:10.540.

My name is Esteban Monsalve and I will be your host for this broadcast. We will provide you with pre-qualifying and pre-race analysis of the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix, weekend updates and all the news live here on VAVEL.com.