2021 Formula One Sao Paulo Grand Prix

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Who will lead the constructor's championship after Brazil?

  • Mercedes

    Votes: 63 33.7%
  • Red Bull

    Votes: 124 66.3%

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F1 takes to the Autódromo José Carlos Pace circuit this weekend in Brazil.

Formula One returns to Brazil this weekend after missing the 2020 race. The event will see the return of the sprint qualifying format.

Driver’s championship leader Max Verstappen holds a 19 point lead over Lewis Hamilton at a track both drivers tend to perform well on. Their respective teams, Red Bull and Mercedes, are separated by just one point with Mercedes’ slight edge.

Just four races remain in the 2021 season, with the field travelling to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi to close out the year. While Verstappen’s 19-point advantage seems safe at this point, constructor’s standings are more hotly contested. Mercedes’s one point lead could easily swing to Red Bull’s advantage before the end of the year, and the 13.5-point lead Ferrari now holds over McLaren looks to be a tight battle for the remainder of the season.

Behind the four top teams, Alpine and Alphatauri are locked at 106 points each. Pierre Gasly’s impressive 86 points this season have offset Yuki Tsunoda’s 20 at Alphatauri, with Alpine’s points being more balanced at 60 and 46 for Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, respectively.

There remains much to be decided this season in terms of the final driver and constructor rankings. Let us know your thoughts on who might finish ahead of where they are currently ranked, and who will take the win in Sao Paulo this weekend.

Image credit: Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula Team
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the intention of the massive british F1 theater is that Max should be punished if you as a British F1 press write articles about it every day then it seems bigger than it is :thumbsup:
 
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the intention of the massive british F1 theater is that Max should be punished if you as a British F1 press write articles about it every day then it seems bigger than it is :thumbsup:
Around the world, we are still recovering from the flood of tears after the Silverstone GP when it was a triple homicide and Hamilton should have gotten the electrical chair.
 
Around the world, we are still recovering from the flood of tears after the Silverstone GP when it was a triple homicide and Hamilton should have gotten the electrical chair.
don't read so many british F1 articles.Lewis won the race there and Max went to the hospital not comparable In Silverstone it was an accident Interlagos was not
 
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we understand the intent of the british media they have feared max for such a long time. And you are right a repeat of Schumacher and Alonso... hopefully the racing starts soon then we can go back to a new soap from the British media :roflmao:
 
Best solution imo would be to completely get rid of DRS. Or just allow DRS for let’s say 5x during a race.
I was never a fan of this artifical overtake helper because it’s…well…artificial. :) There's no skill involved in pressing a button to overtake.
Totally agree, in fact I stopped fully watching F1 after 2015 primarily because I was fed up with DRS overtakes and the commentators making out it was an amazing overtake....smh. Merc dominance didn't help I only dipped in to watch on occasions after that, this years been better.
 
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Hamilton did not run Perez out of the track. And also he did give the position back.
Also, not at all xenophobia there. I am not British nor do I support Brexit.

At least we all know where that comes from. Expecting to be British something because saying Max was in the wrong there. I'm almost sure if this continues, something about chocolate colors being bad will be said.
 
Hamilton did not run Perez out of the track. And also he did give the position back.
Also, not at all xenophobia there. I am not British nor do I support Brexit.

At least we all know where that comes from. Expecting to be British something because saying Max was in the wrong there. I'm almost sure if this continues, something about chocolate colors being bad will be said.
Hamilton got his position back from Max, he was 2e and stayed 2e.
 
Hamilton got his position back from Max, he was 2e and stayed 2e.
That's because of British bias from people who hate Max and the dutch team RB from people who started watching F1 on DtS :mad::mad:
You know, talking about Pérez and then when it's not helpful moving to something irrelevant.
 
Hmm... Have you ever seen Michael Schumacher? Max is no angel, I know, but still...
Yea sure, but he just overtook the King of dirty driving who was Schumacher.... now its Max. If FIA doesn't stop this mess they will ruin clean racing for good.
 
F1 has recently employed a similar solution, the top teams get less time in the wind tunnel I believe.
It's a start but not enough, the lower teams need more development options (time/money etc) to even have a chance of closing a gap....I'd say developement freezes for top teams would go a long way.
 
don't read so many british F1 articles.Lewis won the race there and Max went to the hospital not comparable In Silverstone it was an accident Interlagos was not
Hm... and WHY was Brazil no accident?
Because Lewis is smarter than Max and knows when to yield.
 
Hm... and WHY was Brazil no accident?
Because Lewis is smarter than Max and knows when to yield.
Yess Lewis is the good guy :roflmao: Torpedos.. silverstone.. Albon, the fight with Alonso by Mc Laren. Lewis knows when to yield.
By the way..
The Merc wing in Brasil I gues its ilegal
 
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