It is a World Cup that never ceases to give emotions. A Lewis Hamilton stronger than the disqualification and the penalty for replacing the engine, he won the San Paolo Grand Prix in an amazing way and keeps the fight for the championship alive more than ever. The comeback of the English driver, the protagonist of a battle of the past with Max, was amazing Verstappen before the decisive paw with 12 laps to go.
The Dutchman tried them all to defend himself from an unrivaled Mercedes on the Interlagos track, first pushing the rival off the track in turn 4 (maneuver not assessed by the penalty for Race Direction) and then zigzagging on the Reta Oposta (display of the black and white flag), but he could not do anything in the decisive lunge always at the Descida do Lago.
Verstappen was still the protagonist of a perfect start, passing the first corner Valtteri Bottas and taking Sergio with him Perez. The Finn then passed Hamilton easily, who in a few laps had already risen from tenth to fourth place, also benefiting from a Virtual Safety Car to overtake the Mexican in Red Bull and take home a very important third place for the Constructors’ World Championship.
Ferrari before the others, but very far from Mercedes and Red Bull. Charles Leclerc closes fifth ahead of Carlos Sainz, with the Monegasque who showed a better pace this time than the Spaniard after overtaking him at the start. Behind them Pierre Gasly, author of two beautiful overtakes on Fernando’s Alpines Alonso and Esteban Or with in the last laps of the race, while Lando Norris takes home a tenth place after suffering a puncture at the start. Daniel Ricciardo, on the other hand, retired: a great blow for McLaren in the fight for third place in the Constructors’ classification.
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F1 | GP San Paolo 2021, order of arrival
Pos | Pilot | Team | Turns | Posting / Withdrawal | Points |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 71 | 1: 32: 22.851 | 25 |
2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 71 | +10.496 | 18 |
3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 71 | +13.576 | 15 |
4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 71 | +39.940 | 13 |
5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 71 | +49.517 | 10 |
6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 71 | +51.820 | 8 |
7 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 70 | +1 turn | 6 |
8 | Esteban Or with | Alpine | 70 | +1 turn | 4 |
9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 70 | +1 turn | 2 |
10 | Landau Norris | McLaren | 70 | +1 turn | 1 |
11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 70 | +1 turn | 0 |
12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 70 | +1 turn | 0 |
13 | George Russell | Williams | 70 | +1 turn | 0 |
14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 70 | +1 turn | 0 |
15 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 70 | +1 turn | 0 |
16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 70 | +1 turn | 0 |
17 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas | 69 | +2 turns | 0 |
18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 69 | +2 turns | 0 |
NC | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 49 | Technical problem | 0 |
NC | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 47 | Technical problem | 0 |
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