Evaluation: Issues we acquired from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix

Freshly-crown a few-time entire world winner Max Verstappen has received the 3rd version of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, but its was Fernando Alonso, who stole the present very last Sunday as the Spaniard fought an amazing duel with Sergio Perez and managed to cling on to the very last location on the rostrum even with the rate edge of the Mexican’s car or truck. F1Technical’s Balázs Szabó analyses the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Motorists of the Working day – For the 3rd race in a row, Lando Norris was voted as Driver of the Working day at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The McLaren racer nonetheless yet again proved to be the only driver able of finding wherever shut to Max Verstappen and he also established a blistering speediest lap of the race on his way to P2 in Brazil.

Although Norris obtained 26.one for each cent of the votes, Fernando Alonso completed ideal at the rear of him with 24.seven for each cent. Sergio Perez obtained the 3rd-maximum share of the votes, adopted by Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda.

Added position – He was not only the only driver to get wherever shut to Verstappen in Brazil, but Lando Norris was only the driver who established the speediest lap of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The Bristol-born driver clocked in a 1m12.486s on Lap sixty one on Pirelli’s delicate tyres. Verstappen established the 2nd-speediest lap with a 1m13.422s on Lap sixty eight with AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo publishing the 3rd-speediest lap of the race.

Immediately after twenty races, Max Verstappen enjoys a balanced direct not only in the Drivers’ Championship, but he has established the maximum range of speediest lap as he clocked the ideal lap in 8 races. Hamilton has posted the speediest race lap on 4 instances, adopted by Perez (two). Zhou Guanyu, George Russell, Fernando Alonso, Oscar Piastri, Yuki Tsunoda and Lando Norris have secured the DHL Swiftest Lap Award on just one situation apiece.

Keep track of boundaries – Keep track of boundaries had been a lot less of a dilemma at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Rate. The Dash race observed Williams driver Logan Sargeant drop a lap time, but it did not have any outcomes, as motorists obtained a 5-2nd penalty soon after exceeding the keep track of boundaries on 4 instances. Curiously, there was no keep track of restrict infringement in the seventy one-lap Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Data – The Sao Paulo Grand Prix observed Max Verstappen rating his 52nd profession get which intended that he handed Alain Prost and moved into fourth on the all-time checklist. The Dutchman prolonged his very own file with his seventeenth get of 2023.

Purple Bull have also now tied with Mercedes with equally outfits getting claimed 19 wins in a one period. Mercedes received 19 races in 2019, and there are two grands prix remaining for Purple Bull to defeat that file, much too.

Groups – Purple Bull, Aston Martin and Aston Martin had been the only groups in Sao Paulo to rating with equally autos. Mercedes received details only courtesy of Lewis Hamilton as George Russell retired from the motion in the closing phases thanks tot cooling challenges.

McLaren scored huge details with Lando Norris, but Oscar Piastri completed down in P14. Ferrari endured a hard race in Sao Paulo soon after Charles Leclerc crashed out on the heat-up lap, which intended that only Carlos Sainz scored for the Scuderia. AlphaTauri ongoing their upwards trajectory as Yuki Tsunoda completed in P9 and received two details next a lowly setting up situation.

Alterations – There had been no alterations at the sharp conclude of the Teams’ Standings with Purple Bull foremost in advance of Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Aston Martin and Alpine. Ferrari has shut in on Mercedes with the two groups now divided by twenty details with two rounds to go.

Having said that, the combat is ramping up at the base 50 % of the standings. Williams now direct the combat for P7 in the Constructors’ Championship, sitting down on 28 details with AlphaTauri next go well with 7 details at the rear of. Alfa Romeo has scored a complete of sixteen details, with Haas bringing up the rear of the subject with twelve details.

DNS – Next a hard dash race on Saturday, Charles Leclerc was not even in a position to get started on Sunday soon after an digital concern observed him crash out on the development lap. That marked the 2nd time that the Monégasque was not able to get started a race soon after he was also pressured to sit out the 2021 Monaco Grand Prix with driveshaft-relevant challenges.

Return – Securing his ninth podium complete in Brazil, Fernando Alonso took P3 for Aston Martin, beating Purple Bull’s Sergio Perez to the line by .053s.

The Spaniard has experienced a really hard time not long ago as he retired from motion equally at the United States and the Mexico Town Grand Prix. He scored his very last podium complete back again in August in the Netherlands. He has secured a complete of 8 podium finishes so considerably in 2023 – 5 3rd destinations and a few 2nd destinations.

Swiftest in the pit lane – Although Mercedes secured a just one-two complete in Brazil very last 12 months, Purple Bull bounced back again very last Sunday, by managing equally the Dash and the Grand Prix at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. The Milton Keynes-primarily based outfit was fastest in the pit lane as nicely as their mechanics manufactured a blisteringly quickly tyre adjust when they serviced Max Verstappen’s car or truck in just two.22 seconds.

McLaren executed the 2nd-fastest tyre adjust with a two.twenty five-2nd provider with Sergio Perez’s two.27-2nd prevent currently being the 3rd speediest. Not just one of the Purple Bull stops took for a longer period than a few seconds. Ferrari and AlphaTauri had been brief as nicely with the Scuderia undertaking a two.35-2nd prevent and the Faenza-primarily based squad providing a two.29-2nd prevent.