2021 Formula One Sao Paulo Grand Prix

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Who will lead the constructor's championship after Brazil?

  • Mercedes

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  • 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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BrainsBush said:
Interesting read: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/t...amilton-verstappen-f1-investigations/6776601/
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This article has a bias towars british Lewis Hamilton, you can smell it miles away with the way they discribe things. Also describing something but using the only photo you can find of Vettel conveniently only observing something on the opponents car and not touching anything. That is on purpouse and conveniently selectively selected.
First of all, FIA must check Bottas rear wing also, if the problem persist there its a clear violation of the rule, not investigating Bottas car suggest there is a bias on letting this be a incident without a firm and/or proper penalty.
About Max touching the car, I´m not quite sure because the video I saw was from way far and with not so much quality. But none the less if he gets a penalty its clearly because of both are figthing for the championship and punish one they think they should penalize the other, what will create not only a controversy but clearly will point that FIA desicion is taking into account the outcome. (the fight for the championship with a few races left)
 
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Paul Glover
In other news, the battle between Mclaren and Ferrari is close. Being a huge Mclaren fan I would love for them to get third in the constructors championship, but Ferrari have made some real strides forward as the season has progressed.

Who will get it I wonder? It was good to see both cars from each team reaching Q1.
 
zwiss
muzikant said:
mercedes after 6 years dominated.... Toto: we would like competition.

ohh wait Max Verstappen is faster let's cheat or torpedo him in Silverstone and Hungarian and now Brazil

since Lauda passed away Merc lacks style. You keep crying about the Max Verstappen fans. Even if he won't become world champion, he has long proven that he is the best this season.

if you have to win like this cheating before the end of the season is pathetic but they will be helped again by the FIA just like LH had 26x advantage cutting corners in Bahrain
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Here goes Max Fanboy NR1 again :)

Silverstone: racing incident 60-40
Budapest: plain mistake bij Bottas, not on purpose
Monza: too aggressive by Verstappen
Yes, I agree that Max deserved the win in Bahrain... but is it really impossible for you to see other than black and white?
People make mistakes: Max does, Lewis does, Valteri does, and yes... FIA does.
There is no FIA conspiracy and Lewis is at least just as fast as Max.

I love Max and want him to win the WC but people like you make me feel almost ashamed I do :)
 
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BrainsBush
LMGiorni said:
This article has a bias towars british Lewis Hamilton, you can smell it miles away with the way they discribe things. Also describing something but using the only photo you can find of Vettel conveniently only observing something on the opponents car and not touching anything. That is on purpouse and conveniently selectively selected.
First of all, FIA must check Bottas rear wing also, if the problem persist there its a clear violation of the rule, not investigating Bottas car suggest there is a bias on letting this be a incident without a firm and/or proper penalty.
About Max touching the car, I´m not quite sure because the video I saw was from way far and with not so much quality. But none the less if he gets a penalty its clearly because of both are figthing for the championship and punish one they think they should penalize the other, what will create not only a controversy but clearly will point that FIA desicion is taking into account the outcome. (the fight for the championship with a few races left)
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It was said top 8 after quali all got their rear wing checked. Only Lewis' car had that massive gap >8,5cm.

At 2:30PM (CET) another meeting between stewards and team Mercedes+Lewis.
 
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muzikant
zwiss said:
Here goes Max Fanboy NR1 again :)

Silverstone: racing incident 60-40
Budapest: plain mistake bij Bottas, not on purpose
Monza: too aggressive by Verstappen
Yes, I agree that Max deserved the win in Bahrain... but is it really impossible for you to see other than black and white?
People make mistakes: Max does, Lewis does, Valteri does, and yes... FIA does.
There is no FIA conspiracy and Lewis is at least just as fast as Max.

I love Max and want him to win the WC but people like you make me feel ashamed I do :)
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Haha people like me make me feel ashamed. Hmm thats realy sad for you
luckily I don't eat everything sent by the British F1 media. Schumacher and Alonso also suffered from it
 
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Zolazem
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Lets pray for the serenity of this topic that both are innocent and let the championship be decided on track.
 
muzikant
it is noticeable that the decision of the FIA takes a long time.. on a black and white regulation. Strange
 
Toonces
The new car-entering-the-pits Klaxon sounds like the aliens in 1953's "The War of the Worlds".
 
BP
Toonces said:
The new car-entering-the-pits Klaxon sounds like the aliens in 1953's "The War of the Worlds".
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Super annoying sound…at least if you get run over in the pit lane, you can’t say you didn’t hear it coming :confused:
 
Appie Kuipers
Mercedes FIA news will take longer:mad: Are they looking for a solution without a verdict, would be no surprise.
 

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