This is the place to discuss everything related to the 21st round of the 2024 season taking place in Sao Paulo between the 1st and 3rd of November.
The event timetable for the Brazil Grand Prix.
Friday
Practice 11:30 local time - 14:30 GMT
Sprint Qual 15:30 local time - 18:30 GMT
Saturday
Sprint 11:00 local time - 14:00 GMT
Qualifying 15:00 local time - 18:00 GMT
Sunday
Race 14:00 local time - 17:00 GMT
The 2024 Brazil Grand Prix Thread
Moderators: cmlean, Ed, The Qualiflyer, The Heretic
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FP1 Results
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:10.610 Lando Norris McLaren
2 1:10.791 George Russell Mercedes
3 1:10.805 Oliver Bearman Haas
4 1:10.950 Oscar Piastri McLaren
5 1:10.955 Alexander Albon Williams
6 1:11.038 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
7 1:11.100 Carlos Sainz Ferrari
8 1:11.124 Nico Hulkenberg Haas
9 1:11.215 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
10 1:11.216 Pierre Gasly Alpine
11 1:11.301 Liam Lawson RB
12 1:11.483 Yuki Tsunoda RB
13 1:11.619 Franco Colapinto Williams
14 1:11.651 Valtteri Bottas Sauber
15 1:11.712 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
16 1:11.754 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
17 1:11.783 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
18 1:11.827 Esteban Ocon Alpine
19 1:11.845 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
20 1:12.883 Zhou Guanyu Sauber
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Drivers ventured onto the track and the thing that struck them was how bumpy the resurfaced track was. Cars were bottoming out and the mechanics set about raising the ride height to compensate.
McLaren experimented with different set ups as well as a new rear wing for this race.
Kevin Magnussen became ill and has bee replaced by Oliver Bearman, initially just for the sprint component of the weekend. This will be re-evaluated post the sprint.
McLaren experimented with different set ups as well as a new rear wing for this race.
Kevin Magnussen became ill and has bee replaced by Oliver Bearman, initially just for the sprint component of the weekend. This will be re-evaluated post the sprint.
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Sprint Qualifying
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:08.899 Oscar Piastri McLaren
2 1:08.928 Lando Norris McLaren
3 1:09.153 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
4 1:09.219 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
5 1:09.257 Carlos Sainz Ferrari
6 1:09.443 George Russell Mercedes
7 1:09.622 Pierre Gasly Alpine
8 1:09.941 Liam Lawson RB
9 1:10.078 Alexander Albon Williams
10 No Time Oliver Bearman Haas
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11 1:09.941 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
12 1:09.964 Nico Hulkenberg Haas
13 1:10.024 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
14 1:10.275 Franco Colapinto Williams
15 1:10.595 Valtteri Bottas Sauber
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16 1:10.978 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
17 1:11.052 Esteban Ocon Alpine
18 1:11.121 Yuki Tsunoda RB
19 1:11.280 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
20 1:12.978 Zhou Guanyu Sauber
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Q3 and, after showing reasonable pace in FP1, the Aston Martin duo failed impress by not progressing into FP2. The team has gone back to an earlier floor spec with hopes of finding the performance previously shown in the season.
Q2's biggest casualty was Lewis Hamilton. He has complained throughout both sessions about the bumpiness of the circuit and being unable to extract the best out of his Mercedes.
Again, Sergio Perez struggled. He had been given a different chassis for this event to determine if that was the root of his problems.
Q1 had Oscar Piastri qualify fastest after being consistently 0.3 seconds slower than his team mate, Lando Norris over all previous sessions. Lando Norris aborted his final lap so it my have just been track evolution that enabled Piastri to take the pole.
Oliver Bearman had a chance to qualify well however made a small error in turn 2. He should have aborted the lap as he still had time to regroup and recharge however pushed on to the finish the lap. To rub salt into the wounds, his time was deleted for track limits. Oh well, he will learn.
Q2's biggest casualty was Lewis Hamilton. He has complained throughout both sessions about the bumpiness of the circuit and being unable to extract the best out of his Mercedes.
Again, Sergio Perez struggled. He had been given a different chassis for this event to determine if that was the root of his problems.
Q1 had Oscar Piastri qualify fastest after being consistently 0.3 seconds slower than his team mate, Lando Norris over all previous sessions. Lando Norris aborted his final lap so it my have just been track evolution that enabled Piastri to take the pole.
Oliver Bearman had a chance to qualify well however made a small error in turn 2. He should have aborted the lap as he still had time to regroup and recharge however pushed on to the finish the lap. To rub salt into the wounds, his time was deleted for track limits. Oh well, he will learn.
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Sprint Results
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Pos Driver Team
1 Lando Norris McLaren
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari
6 George Russell Mercedes
7 Pierre Gasly Alpine
8 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
9 Liam Lawson RB
10 Alexander Albon Williams
11 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
12 Franco Colapinto Williams
13 Esteban Ocon Alpine
14 Oliver Bearman Haas
15 Yuki Tsunoda RB
16 Valtteri Bottas Sauber
17 Zhou Guanyu Sauber
18 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin
DNF Nico Hulkenberg Haas
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Both McLarens got away fairly evenly and gave each other space through turns 1 and 2. Oscar Piastri then controlled the race from the front at the same time keeping Lando Norris within 1 second for DRS. This then kept the sprint race combatants fairly close with just the usual ebb and flow allowing the passing attempts at the end of the DRS zones.
Max Verstappen managed to get past Charles Leclerc and set off in pursuit of the papaya duo.
It looked like McLaren may have messed up the position swap to enable Lando Norris to gain additional points in his chase of the world drivers championship however, with just over 2 laps to go, Piastri lifted in the first DRS zone allowing Norris to swing by. Timinig was perfect as the virtual safety car came out soon after and the race was stabilized.
The VRS Ending notification came on as the drivers commenced their last lap. Max anticipated the restart and crept up along side of Piastri as the VRS Ended lights came on but was unable to pass Piastri.
Following the race, the stewards determined that Max Verstappen had not left the required time delta while under the safety car conditions and was then given a 5 second penalty dropping him from 3rd to 4th with Charles Leclerc then inheriting the final step on the podium.
Then the rain came.
Race qualifying was unable to be commenced and has been postponed until tomorrow morning, probably at 09:00 local time.
Max Verstappen managed to get past Charles Leclerc and set off in pursuit of the papaya duo.
It looked like McLaren may have messed up the position swap to enable Lando Norris to gain additional points in his chase of the world drivers championship however, with just over 2 laps to go, Piastri lifted in the first DRS zone allowing Norris to swing by. Timinig was perfect as the virtual safety car came out soon after and the race was stabilized.
The VRS Ending notification came on as the drivers commenced their last lap. Max anticipated the restart and crept up along side of Piastri as the VRS Ended lights came on but was unable to pass Piastri.
Following the race, the stewards determined that Max Verstappen had not left the required time delta while under the safety car conditions and was then given a 5 second penalty dropping him from 3rd to 4th with Charles Leclerc then inheriting the final step on the podium.
Then the rain came.
Race qualifying was unable to be commenced and has been postponed until tomorrow morning, probably at 09:00 local time.
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Qualifying
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 1:23.405 Lando Norris McLaren
2 1:23.578 George Russell Mercedes
3 1:24.111 Yuki Tsunoda RB
4 1:24.475 Esteban Ocon Alpine
5 1:24.484 Liam Lawson RB
6 1:24.525 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
7 1:24.657 Alexander Albon Williams
8 1:24.686 Oscar Piastri McLaren
9 1:28.998 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
10 No Time Lance Stroll Aston Martin
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11 1:26.472 Valtteri Bottas Sauber
12 1:27.771 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
13 1:28.158 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
14 1:29.406 Carlos Sainz Ferrari
15 1:29.614 Pierre Gasly Alpine
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16 1:31.150 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
17 1:31.229 Oliver Bearman Haas
18 1:31.270 Franco Colapinto Williams
19 1:31.623 Nico Hulkenberg Haas
20 1:32.263 Zhou Guanyu Sauber
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Qualifying was completed with a total of 5 red flags through the various sessions.
Williams have a big job with both Franco Colapinto and Alex Albon doing major damage to their racecars.
Lance Stroll also had an incident taking his car out of Q3
Max Verstappen in taking in a 5 place power unit grid penalty so his 12th becomes grid position 17.
Williams have a big job with both Franco Colapinto and Alex Albon doing major damage to their racecars.
Lance Stroll also had an incident taking his car out of Q3
Max Verstappen in taking in a 5 place power unit grid penalty so his 12th becomes grid position 17.
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Race
Next: Round of USA Las Vegas '24
Date: November 21-23, 2024
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Pos Driver Team
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 Esteban Ocon Alpine
3 Pierre Gasly Alpine
4 George Russell Mercedes
5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
6 Lando Norris McLaren
7 Yuki Tsunoda RB
8 Oscar Piastri McLaren
9 Liam Lawson RB
10 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing
12 Oliver Bearman Haas
13 Valtteri Bottas Sauber
14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
15 Zhou Guanyu Sauber
DNF Carlos Sainz Ferrari
DNF Franco Colapinto Williams
DNS Alexander Albon Williams
DNS Lance Stroll Aston Martin
DSQ Nico Hulkenberg Haas
Date: November 21-23, 2024
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What a fantastic victory by Max Verstappen and the Red Bull team.
Starting fro P17 on the grid, Max took his time and looked dangerous throughout the race and the expected restarts and safety cars.
This would have to be one of Max's best drives in his career.
The initial start, most drivers got away and immediately aimed for the outside line into turn 1. This opened up the opportunity for Max to roll through the inside line and he had basically passed 4 cars. Then it was for him to take each opportunity as it presented itself.
The red flad came out for Franco Colapinto's Williams and, on the restart, performed the same maneuver to take the then leading Esteban Ocon in his Alpine. From there, it became a lead that no one would be able to run down.
The Alpine duo, as a team would have to be the next best with both drivers finishin on the podium. Again, they both stayed out andmade the correct call on when to take their stops for new intermediates. I don't know why Ocon didn't cover the inside into turn 1. I may just be that they realised that their race wasn't with Max.
Next event, we are back to the USA for the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Enjooy your 3 week break befor the final 3 events over sucessive weekends.
Starting fro P17 on the grid, Max took his time and looked dangerous throughout the race and the expected restarts and safety cars.
This would have to be one of Max's best drives in his career.
The initial start, most drivers got away and immediately aimed for the outside line into turn 1. This opened up the opportunity for Max to roll through the inside line and he had basically passed 4 cars. Then it was for him to take each opportunity as it presented itself.
The red flad came out for Franco Colapinto's Williams and, on the restart, performed the same maneuver to take the then leading Esteban Ocon in his Alpine. From there, it became a lead that no one would be able to run down.
The Alpine duo, as a team would have to be the next best with both drivers finishin on the podium. Again, they both stayed out andmade the correct call on when to take their stops for new intermediates. I don't know why Ocon didn't cover the inside into turn 1. I may just be that they realised that their race wasn't with Max.
Next event, we are back to the USA for the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Enjooy your 3 week break befor the final 3 events over sucessive weekends.