ROUND 21: 🇧🇷 Brazil
FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES GRANDE PREMIO DE SAO PAULO 2025
Circuit stats
- Circuit name: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
- First Grand Prix: 1973
- Number of laps: 71
- Circuit Length: 4.309 km
- Race Distance: 305.939 km
- Lap record: 1:10.540 Valtteri Bottas (2018)
- 2024 winner: Max Verstappen
Track Map
I can’t believe Piastri got a 10s penalty. I don’t see how that was anything but a racing incident.
He braked too late and crashed into someone, that’s a very clear penalty.
You’ve seen the same move done by Verstappen (and I think also Bearman) a few laps later. The difference is that they were given space to make the move while Antonelli didn’t leave space for Piastri. Piastri did what he could to give Antonelli space but it’s not like he can make himself intangible.
Antonelli had nowhere to go, Piastri had to see this
Which makes it a racing incident because he tried to give Antonelli room but there simply wasn’t any room left to give.
That’s the kind of judgement the attacking driver must make though… Will there be enough space or not? And Piastri’s tires were blocking because he wasn’t breaking at the right moment.
His tires were blocked because he had to break extra hard to not just drive into Antonelli.
This is where Max is more smart and ballsy. He fully commits meaning if there is contact it’s side by side and he’s not gonna get a penalty. Piastri was a bit half hearted.
Verstappen slicing through the field 👀
Very impressive now p5
He’s on a very different pit stop strategy to all those cars who started in the top 10 though, will be interesting to see where everyone ends up after a few pit stops done
Death, taxes, Verstappen in Brazil
Great strategy race this, all three compounds in play and nobody seems to know the best tire or strategy ahead of time.
Totally.
Oof Leclerc suffered from Piastri and Antonelli fighting
and no penalty. very clean kill.
ok correction 10 sec pen
Yeah brutal
Super annoying that they’re showing leader instead of interval for these last laps
Stroll will need personal protection leaving the circuit later.
What a race. Those mercs defended like lions, great for them but also critical for Lando’s championship.
The running joke that is Stroll needs to retire, he’s ruined so many people’s races over the years.
It’s also critical for their own constructor championship, in order for Merc to not lose P2 to either Red Bull or Ferrari this race was huge
Verstappen with a super aggressive pitstop strategy thanks to the spare unused Softs from going out on Q1. I love it.
“Theme from Jaws is starting to mix with Du-du-du-du…”
Race direction might run out of screen space for all these fights
What a chaos start after 6 laps….no more Ferraris
My bad Lewis still in
Ok not anymore.
Surprised they didn’t retire Hamilton earlier.
They were waiting to serve potential penalties on track so they wouldn’t carry over to next race.
Oh yeah hadn’t thought of that!
Ah, that’s how Piastri’s championship charge ends. An absolutely inane, nonsensical penalty from the great minds at the FIA. Rough!
F Ferarri
