Max Verstappen won the Brazilian Grand Prix with Lando Norris second and Fernando Alonso third for Aston Martin.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen claimed a record-extending 17th victory of the F1 2023 season in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.
From that moment, his motivation for the weekend was set in stone – to remind everyone, in particular those doubters, of the still-burgeoning potential of the Alonso-Aston partnership. And when a leak did slip through – Perez finally forcing his way past on the penultimate lap – Fernando reached with all his plate-spinning might to somehow plug it and save the day, repassing him with the very last chance he had at Turn 4 on the final lap to complete one of his most heroic drives.
Rather than commencing the funeral procession, however, Red Bull – who have rarely hesitated when it comes to publicly executing underperforming drivers over the years – loyally stood by him. Once again the pace was there, Perez again within two tenths of Verstappen through Q1 and Q2 before being unluckily caught out by the yellow flags as last car in the queue as the storm arrived in Q3.
The Mercedes finally looked like a racing car again and with it Hamilton had come back to life, remarking that the team’s new floor – introduced with a clear look ahead to next year’s W15 – was one of the few upgrades he had actually noticed since the start of last season. With Toto Wolff recently admitting that the Mercedes retains the “genes” of the original design, that will only become clear when the revised floor forms a key element of next year’s car.
In much the same way the Mercedes still has zero-pod DNA – the tub remains identical to that which started the season – more than five months after sprouting sidepods. The reason, he said, is because Williams – with just a single victory in the last decade – had forgotten how to win. Williams never did learn to win again and – despite the impact of James Vowles, the highly impressive new team principal – will be fortunate if they ever find themselves in a position to do so again.
When Lando Norris famously lost the win at Russia 2021 in the very next race after Ricciardo’s Italian GP success, it was said that McLaren’s status as a “young team” had cost them against the experience – the instinctiveness to make the correct call under immense pressure – of Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes.
It’s going to be fun watching the team, along with both drivers, become fluent in that language again.So what to make of F1 sprints as the third season of the funky format comes to an end? The debates over refining the sprint will continue, but one thing both sides can probably agree on is that the era of three practice sessions on a standard race weekend is not long for this world.
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