Formula 1: 2024 Brazilian GP Recap

Verstappen secured the victory in Brazil from P17 after five drivers retired from the Grand Prix

  • Lance Stroll crashed out in the formation lap after his team, Aston Martin, carefully put his car back together following his crash in qualifying
  • Lando Norris started on pole but George Russell got ahead of him quickly
  • Max Verstappen had a great start and made his way up into the top ten after starting in P17 due to his five place grid penalty
  • On lap 32 of the race, Franco Colapinto had a large crash at turns 12/13
  • Lando Norris sounded clearly annoyed on the radio after the red flag was announced because it meant that all of his rivals would be able to switch to fresh tires
  • Ollie Bearman had a major spin at Turn 7 but was able to recover his Haas and get back on track
  • Carlos Sainz spun off the track and crashed into the barriers resulting in the safety car being deployed
  • For the second rolling re-start of the race, Lando Norris went off at turn 1 which put him back in 7th position while Max Verstappen was able to get up into the lead
  • Max Verstappen took the victory in Brazil ahead of both Alpines, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly

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