ROUND 21: Brazil 🇧🇷


FORMULA 1 ROLEX GRANDE PRÊMIO DE SÃO PAULO 2023


Circuit stats


  • First Grand Prix: 1973
  • Number of laps: 71
  • Circuit Length: 4.309 km
  • Race Distance: 305.879 km
  • Lap record: 1:10.540 Valtteri Bottas (2021)
  • 2022 winner: George Russel

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    • SuperIce@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Probably my favorite race of the year, even though it was only a sprint. That brings my hopes up for tomorrow’s race a lot.

  • hagelslager@feddit.nl
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    What an absolute stonker of a race! Possibly the best sprint this year. Hopefully the main race is also this entertaining!

    Hats off to the direction and F1tv commentary!

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    1 year ago

    I’m liking that Checo is proving on track that he can be the best number 2. Vamos Checo!

    • qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.ee
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      I agree he put in a strong race, but I suspect his goose is cooked at this point. It’s surely too late when you’ve got Ric, Law and Tsu all waiting eagerly in the wings.

      • DV8@lemmy.world
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        If he can consistently finish 2-4 and qualify better, he can help play pit games. That’s all that’s needed to keep his spot. I don’t think Tsunoda or Lawson are safe choices so he’d need to do many mistakes like in Mexico before that could become real imho.

        • qdJzXuisAndVQb2@lemm.ee
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          You may well be right. I guess Tsuonda and Lawson would probably fare no better fundamentally and lack Perez’s experience, but an on-form Ricciardo is a juicy prospect, surely?

          • DV8@lemmy.world
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            Yeah, but if Perez can prove himself a known, consistent variable, I don’t think it would make sense to switch it up. Neither would be a future WC so they need reliability from day 1 in 2024.

  • LCP@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What a fantastic sprint. Just pure, clean racing. Hope to have more of them in the future.

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    Am I crazy or is it way too advantageous to start second? Verstappen had the best line…

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      This isn’t a bad place to start second, but Max had a bit better start and Lando was perhaps a bit too cautious with breaks going into the first corner.

    • DV8@lemmy.world
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      Some tracks are like that, but I suppose we’ll see what happens in the real race tomorrow. Though this practice/sprint race tends to ruin any surprises.

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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      Some tracks are like that, first isn’t always best unless you have the acceleration speed to keep ahead

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    1 year ago

    I always love those shots from the front where a car appears from another one to make a pass. Like what we just saw with Perez on Russell. Very cinematic.

    • JCPhoenix@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      He passed up Sainz! He passed up a Ferrari!

      Then he lost the spot back to Sainz due to DRS, but still, that it happened at all!

  • LCP@lemmy.world
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    Oof Lando dropped 2 places. Doesn’t look like he tried to push hard on that first corner.

    Perez down 2 places as well.