Formula 1 in Brazil: the world championship leader and Mc Laren dominate but the Italian driver takes second place with a fantastic lap. Hamilton and Verstappen flop
Lando Norris he has every intention of detaching everyone and putting a mortgage on the Formula 1 world title. The Mc Laren driver had an extraordinary day in Brazil winning the Sprint Race and taking pole position ahead of Sunday’s race. And Mc Laren are back to dominating though Oscar Piastri At the moment he doesn’t seem to be up to par with his teammate, given that he went off the track during the Sprint and in official practice he finished fourth fastest, three tenths behind Norris. The World Championship leader rises to 366 points with the victory in the Sprint: plus 9 on Piastri and plus 39 on Verstappen
Super Kimi Antonelli
But the best of the day in Interlagos was the very young man Italian Kimi Antonelli who finished second in Sprint driving his Mercedes and achieved the second fastest time in official practice. Antonelli will therefore start on the front row alongside Norris and has been relegated to the second row Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc he was also the author of an extraordinary lap despite the difficulties of the Red team being still quite evident as evidenced by the thirteenth place obtained by Lewis Hamilton excluded from Q1. Yet another disappointment in a season in which the Englishman is still looking for a breakthrough with Ferrari.
Flop Verstappen
But the black jersey of the day definitely goes to Max Verstappen and Red Bull. The Dutchman who never stopped believing in the comeback against Mc Laren was in difficulty throughout the weekend, anonymous in free practice and in the Sprint and even eliminated after Q1 in official practice. Verstappen set the sixteenth time and will therefore start on the eighth row, very far from Norris. In order not to end the race for the world title in Brazil, he will have to invent a comeback which at the moment seems impossible, especially due to the difference in performance between Mc Laren and Red Bull.
