Seven-time defending Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton overcame Red Bull-initiated FiA penalties as well as both Red Bull drivers to come from 10th place and comfortably win the 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo over Red Bull’s Max Verstappen with his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas claiming the third and final podium position. After […]
Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas won the sprint qualifying race and will start in the pole position for tomorrow’s 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will start second with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, Jr. starting third. Verstappen had pole position for the sprint qualifying race but Bottas beat Verstappen off the line and […]
The FiA – Formula One’s governing organization – disqualified the Mercedes car of seven-time defending F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton from yesterday’s qualifying session after it was found to have failed a rear wing test. Hamilton will now be forced to start from the back of the grid in today’s sprint race qualifier which is […]
Mercedes was the fastest in the first practice session for this weekend’s 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo as seven-time defending Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton did the honors. However, Hamilton will be receiving a five-place grid penalty in the race for taking a new internal combustion engine – his fifth of the […]
Plans to build and replace the current Sao Paulo-based Interlagos Formula One track with a new Formula 1 circuit in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro have been jettisoned. The proposed new track – Rio International Circuit – was to be constructed on a former army base but it required the destruction of a […]
The Brazilian Grand Prix has been renamed as the Sao Paulo Grand Prix until at least 2025 but it will still be held at Sao Paulo’s Interlagos circuit – with the official name change reflecting the city’s investment in the event. The 2020 Brazilian Grand Prix was cancelled due to both Covid-19 pandemic issues as […]
Former Formula One driver Mark Webber crashed out his Porsche in the final hour of the Six Hours of Sao Paulo endurance race in Brazil. The Aussie crashed, along with a Ferrari, in one of the Interlagos corners. Another Porsche team won the event…
With their contract due to expire next year, the Brazilian Grand Prix was awarded an extension of their contract to the 2020 Formula One racing season. The famed Interlagos track will receive a $73 million facelift during the next few years which will include a track re-surfacing and upgrades to the pit lane, paddock and […]