Introduction
Max Verstappen put in an assured drive to take a dominant victory within the 2023 Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix, making it a record-breaking seventeenth win for the world champion in 2023.
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There was drama even earlier than the race had acquired underway when Charles Leclerc went off on the formation lap after shedding the hydraulics, forcing him to retire. When the lights went out, Verstappen made a clear begin into the lead, however a heavy collision between Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen behind resulted within the pink flags being thrown.
It was one other robust getaway from Verstappen on the restart, who resisted a problem from Norris to carry P1 earlier than clinching his second win of the weekend after popping out on prime in Saturday’s Sprint. Norris claimed a strong second place, whereas Alonso accomplished the rostrum after holding off Sergio Perez in an exciting battle to the road.
Lance Stroll added to Aston Martin’s tally by taking fifth, forward of the only Ferrari runner, Carlos Sainz, in sixth. Pierre Gasly led Alpine in seventh, whereas Lewis Hamilton ended a tricky day for Mercedes in P8. Yuki Tsunoda and Esteban Ocon rounded out the highest 10.
Logan Sargeant missed factors in P11, and Nico Hulkenberg ended up in twelfth, with each drivers operating solo for his or her respective groups.
Daniel Ricciardo and Oscar Piastri had been the final to cross the road in P13 and P14. The Australian pair had every suffered injury within the first-corner incident however had been in a position to have their automobiles repaired in the course of the pink flag interval.
There had been a number of retirements from the race, with George Russell pressured to pit owing to an oil temperature subject after a difficult afternoon. At the identical time, the Alfa Romeo duo of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu recorded a DNF as a result of technical issues.
Magnussen and Albon had been out following their first lap crash, whereas Leclerc recorded a DNF as a result of his formation lap exit.
Mario Isola, Motorsport Director, Pirelli:
It was an action-packed race, even earlier than the beginning! Ultimately, the dominant drive this season, Max Verstappen, took the win, however there was loads of pleasure, and the way! Norris performed his half, exhibiting nice tempo in order that he completed not that far behind the Red Bull driver after which Alonso and Perez had the gang going wild with their duel within the closing levels. At the identical time, there have been additionally loads of different thrilling battles all through the race. All this on a monitor that could be very exhausting on tyres, with important degradation, in order that the drivers needed to work exhausting to handle them, however it definitely didn’t cease them from overtaking their rivals even in the direction of the top of the stints.
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Strategy and tyre utilization confirmed our predictions going into the race. The two-stop was the popular selection of most drivers, whereas the Soft was the tyre that noticed probably the most use. In very related climate to what we had in yesterday’s Sprint, the C4, though requiring cautious administration, proved that, total, it carried out higher than the C3, primarily as a result of it ensured higher grip and slid much less. Almost everybody used the Medium within the center stint, with lap numbers just like these on the Softs.
How the race was received from the tyre perspective:
For the beginning, 19 drivers had chosen the Soft, with seven of them going for a brand new set of C4. Sargeant was the one driver to begin on the Medium. For the restart, after the primary lap accident, which concerned Albon, Magnussen, Piastri, Ricciardo and Hulkenberg, two drivers determined to alter their strategy to the race: Piastri went from Soft to Medium whereas Sargeant went in the wrong way.
Of the 17 drivers lined up for the second begin, solely Ocon made three stops, utilizing three units of C4 and considered one of C3. Everyone else went for the two-stop, with 15 drivers following the sequence C4-C3-C4, whereas Piastri used two units of Soft after his first stint on the Medium.
Norris did the longest stint on the Medium (32 laps), and Piastri prolonged a Soft time period probably the most, going for 28 laps.
One fascinating truth: the pink flag on lap three allowed two drivers – Sargeant and Hulkenberg – to finish the whole race utilizing solely the Soft compound.
What’s subsequent?
After a break of 41 years, Formula 1 returns to Las Vegas and a model new monitor. From 16 to November 18, the automobiles will deal with the 6.201-kilometre avenue circuit that passes a number of the most iconic landmarks on the well-known Strip. For the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the compound choice is as follows: C3 as P Zero White exhausting, C4 as P Zero Yellow medium and C5 as P Zero Red smooth.
2023 Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix Race Results
| Pos | No | Driver | Country | Team | Time | Points | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 | Max Verstappen | Netherlands | Red Bull Racing | 1:35:21.362 | 25 | 466 |
| DQ | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Great Britain | Mercedes-AMG Petronas | +2.225s | 0 | 201 |
| 2. | 4 | Lando Norris | Great Britain | Mclaren Racing | +10.730s | 18 | 159 |
| 3. | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Spain | Scuderia Ferrari | +15.134s | 15 | 171 |
| 4. | 11 | Sergio Perez | Mexico | Red Bull Racing | +18.460s | 12 | 240 |
| DQ | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Monaco | Scuderia Ferrari | +24.662s | 0 | 151 |
| 5. | 63 | George Russell | Great Britain | Mercedes-AMG Petronas | +24.999s | 10 | 143 |
| 6. | 10 | Pierre Gasly | France | Alpine F1 Team | +47.996s | 8 | 56 |
| 7. | 18 | Lance Stroll | Canada | Aston Martin F1 Team | +48.696s | 6 | 53 |
| 8. | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | Japan | Scuderia AlphaTauri | +74.385s | 5 | 8 |
| 9. | 45 | Alexander Albon | Thailand | Williams Racing | +86.714s | 2 | 25 |
| 10. | 2 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing | +87.998s | 1 | 1 |
| 11. | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Germany | Haas F1 Team | +89.904s | 0 | 9 |
| 12. | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Finland | Alfa Romeo F1 Team | +98.601s | 0 | 10 |
| 13. | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | China | Alfa Romeo F1 Team | +1 lap | 0 | 6 |
| 14. | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Denmark | Haas F1 Team | +1 lap | 0 | 3 |
| 15. | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Australia | Scuderia AlphaTauri | +1 lap | 0 | 0 |
| NC | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Aston Martin F1 Team | +49.032s | DNF | 183 |
| NC | 81 | Oscar Piastri | Australia | McLaren Racing | +4.833s | DNF | 83 |
| NC | 31 | Esteban Ocon | France | Alpine F1 Team | +62.390s | DNF | 44 |
2023 Constructor Standings
Here are the team-by-team highlights:
