land norris He took his seventh win of the season (second consecutive year) and 11th of his career, all at different circuits, to take his place at the top of the championship. formula 1. However, he also knows that max verstappen The lion is injured, which is why he has a 49 point advantage over the third lion (24 points over the less valuable lion) Oscar Piastri5th place at Interlagos) does not let him relax. Especially after the Dutchman finished third and was the driver for the day (and was fighting for second place). Kimi Antonelli until the end) after starting from the pit lane in a completely rebuilt Red Bull.
The British driver, who took maximum points at stake in the weekend’s sprint race, finished with a 10-second lead, only losing the lead when he stopped for tire changes on laps 31 and 51, but few took notice of his superb driving in his best car of the season.
The charm was behind him, the sublime Verstappen. After Friday, when he crawled around the track in an out-of-rhythm car (his first Q1 loss in four years), mechanics disassembled the car and rebuilt it, but in doing so they received a penalty and the four-time champion started last.
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But Interlagos was used to the upset of Mad Max, who won last year after starting 17th. This time, it wasn’t enough to imitate the epic, but he was able to force George Russell into an overtaking maneuver on lap 63, captivating the Brazilian in the grandstands on the main straight and pushing for second place. Antonelli stuck to it until the end, proving in Brazil why Toto Wolff chose him to replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. When talking about the seven-time champion, one cannot ignore the fact that Ferrari finished without two cars for the first time since the Dutch Grand Prix on August 31st. On the fifth lap, Leclerc attempted to pass Piastri, Antonelli and the Monaco rider at the same time on the restart after Bortleto’s accident, but was unsuccessful, as was Hamilton on the 37th.
“Sometimes it’s hard to keep track of everything with the traffic and stuff, but to be able to come out of the pits and be on the podium… I didn’t expect that at all, even with the puncture at the beginning of the race. That’s why I had to go back to the pits. It was an incredible result for us, so I’m very happy and very proud of the whole team,” said the first-place defender. He will probably appear in the Papaya car in 2026. season. “I think I have too many points to really have a chance of winning,” he confessed in Brazil.
“It’s a great win, but to be honest, looking at Max’s speed, it’s pretty disappointing that we weren’t faster. It’s on my mind now. There’s not much ahead of me anymore, but I’m focused on myself. I’ll keep my head down, ignore everyone and keep moving forward,” Norris warned. In two weeks’ time, he will begin his third consecutive Grand Prix victory that will determine whether he can win his first F1 title.
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