Although the Grand Prix of Formula 1 It will be held on Sunday at 3pm Mercedes had a very sweet starter in Brazil. In the last Sprint Race of the year, George Russell he gave the German squad their first win of the season and will start from the front row alongside Lewis Hamiltonthird in the short 24-lap race but benefited from a five-place penalty for Charles Sainz (Ferrari), according to this Saturday.
The toppings have been given to make it an exciting race, with extra attention given to each row. While Max Verstappen He was first in line with Kevin Magnussen, Haas served his other car at the back of the grid, because Mick Schumacher He started last, a situation that hadn’t occurred since 1970.
Crouched in the second row were Russell and Lando Norris, two of F1’s youngest and most promising drivers, while in fourth were two of the most experienced and holders of nine titles in total: Fernando Alonso and Hamilton. Meanwhile, among them were Sainz and Esteban Ocon, who had been the best in the last few tests, while in the fifth there was the duel for second place between Checo Pérez and Charles Leclerc.
With this scenario and the need to go on the attack from the start, only two cars did not choose the soft tyre, the fastest but the one with the most degradation: Verstappen and Nicholas Latifi respectively from second and 16th place. It was not, knowing the end, the right decision.
“Good Luck Kev, Enjoy”, was heard on Magnussen’s radio on the previous round. The unexpected poleman in the rain on Friday got off to a very good start and He shot better but couldn’t hold that position against the two-time reigning F1 champion.
Verstappen took the lead as they entered lap three onto the main straight, the same point where Russell overtook the Dane on the following lap to lift Mercedes into second place. A few meters later Sainz overtook him and on the sixth lap Hamilton, until he slipped to eighth place.
a hectic start
The team that suffered the most from the frantic start, with many locked out, was
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