ROUND 21: Brazil 🇧🇷


FORMULA 1 ROLEX GRANDE PRÊMIO DE SÃO PAULO 2023


Circuit stats


  • First Grand Prix: 1973
  • Number of laps: 71
  • Circuit Length: 4.309 km
  • Race Distance: 305.879 km
  • Lap record: 1:10.540 Valtteri Bottas (2021)
  • 2022 winner: George Russel

Track Map


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    • SuperIce@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Probably my favorite race of the year, even though it was only a sprint. That brings my hopes up for tomorrow’s race a lot.

  • hagelslager@feddit.nl
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    8 months ago

    What an absolute stonker of a race! Possibly the best sprint this year. Hopefully the main race is also this entertaining!

    Hats off to the direction and F1tv commentary!

    • SuperIce@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Yeah, Yuki was a few tenths of a second faster than LeClerc in the last few laps after following LeClerc for the entire race. A few more laps and Yuki would’ve had a good chance to overtake LeClerc, which is insane to think about.

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        8 months ago

        It was amusing to see Yuki be cautious this time, after the Mexico course-out. Just tried a little against Lewis and then backed down, anticipating he’ll overtake him later easily. In Mexico he made that exact mistake. A beautiful rhyme.

    • SuperIce@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      He somehow managed to keep the same pace as LeClerc and pull away from Sainz. And the AT’s tire degradation is clearly better than Ferrari’s. He was a few tenths faster than LeClerc in the last couple of laps. Another 3 laps and he would’ve been ahead.

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    8 months ago

    Am I crazy or is it way too advantageous to start second? Verstappen had the best line…

    • espentan@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      This isn’t a bad place to start second, but Max had a bit better start and Lando was perhaps a bit too cautious with breaks going into the first corner.

    • DV8@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Some tracks are like that, but I suppose we’ll see what happens in the real race tomorrow. Though this practice/sprint race tends to ruin any surprises.

    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Some tracks are like that, first isn’t always best unless you have the acceleration speed to keep ahead

  • LCP@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    What a fantastic sprint. Just pure, clean racing. Hope to have more of them in the future.