Verstappen winner, the Alpine on the podium! Relive the Brazilian Grand Prix with live commentary

Relive the Brazilian Grand Prix, twenty-first round of the 2024 Formula 1 season, with live commentary on AUTOhebdo.

Published 03/11/2024 à 16:15

Dorian Grangier

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Verstappen winner, the Alpine on the podium! Relive the Brazilian Grand Prix with live commentary

© Xavi Bonilla / DPPI

Third and final stop on the American tour for the F1 : São Paulo! The paddock is heading towards the Interlagos circuit, for the Brazilian GP or rather the São Paulo GP (officially named as such since it is financed by the São Paulo region), 21st round of the 2024 season. The start of the Brazilian GP has been brought forward to 16:30 p.m. this Sunday, and the race can be followed live with commentary on AUTOhebdo.

> You can follow the live evolution of the ranking via the official F1 Live Timing, available here.

F1 – Brazilian GP
Relive the race live with commentary

69/69 – 👋 Thank you all for following us, and see you in three weeks for the Grand Prix in Las Vegas! Have a good evening!

69/69 – 🔢 In the championship, Max Verstappen is now 62 points ahead of Lando Norris ! And Alpine climbs to 6th place among the Constructors, with a 3-point lead over Haas !

69/69 – 🏁 INCREDIBLE VICTORY FOR MAX VERSTAPPEN IN BRAZIL! AN 8TH VICTORY THAT COULD SEAL THE FATE OF THIS 2024 CHAMPIONSHIP, SINCE LANDO NORRIS IS ONLY 6TH! And the improbable double podium ofAlpine with Esteban Ocon 2th and Pierre Gasly 3rd, that's completely crazy!

69/69 - Last lap! Verstappen races to victory and Alpine towards an improbable double podium! The last French double podium dates back to the 1997 Spanish Grand Prix with Panis and Alesi!

68/69 – ⏱️ Verstappen drives the point home with another best time, in 1'20″472! The Dutchman is going to have a great time today!

67/69 – Three laps before the finish, 16″4 lead for Verstappen ahead of Ocon, Gasly still contains Russell behind him!

66/69 – ⏱️ New best time for Max Verstappen in 1'20″990! A dry line really starts to form, making overtaking difficult off the line.

65/69 – Fingers crossed at Alpine with only five laps left! Gasly is still under threat from Russell behind him.

64/69 - Lewis Hamilton continues to attack and is nestled in the exhausts of Liam Lawson, without however finding the opening on the Kiwi, who is in 9th place.

62/69 – Norris is asked to get as close as possible to Leclerc to help Piastres and his 10 second penalty… but the Briton gets angry on his radio: “What do you think I’m doing? I’m going as fast as I can!”

61/69 - At the house of Williams, it's desolation with both cars out of the race. The British team will fall to 9th place in the Constructors' category and will certainly see Alpine escape to the championship…

60/69 – 10 laps left! Verstappen leads with an 11″1 advantage over Ocon, who has a 3″6 advantage over Gasly! The Blues are getting closer to a double podium lap after lap!

59/69 - And the pilot Red Bull continues with a 1'21″782! The lead has gone over 10 seconds ahead of Esteban Ocon.

58/69 – ⏱️ Max Verstappen continues to attack and sets a new best time of 1'21″862.

57/69 – George Russell has come back to within a second of Pierre Gasly. The Frenchman will have to defend his position and his place on the podium dearly.

56/69 – 🆙 Liam Lawson and Sergio Pérez come into contact in Senna's S... and Lewis Hamilton takes advantage of this to get between the two drivers, in front of the Mexican! The Briton is now 10th.

55/69 – With a 2nd and a 3rd place, Alpine would score 33 points and would propel itself directly to 6th place in the Constructors' Championship!

54/69 – 🇫🇷 For now, the drivers Alpines, although distanced against an impressive Verstappen, are doing an admirable job by keeping an excellent pace! Ocon has a 3″7 lead over Gasly, who himself has a 1″2 lead over Russell.

53/69 – 🔎 The last time a driver won a race starting from 17th place? Kimi Räikkönen, at the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix!

52/69 – Small mistake by Piastri in turn 13, the Australian goes into the grass and loses contact with Norris in front of him.

51/69 – Lando Norris is currently stuck behind Charles Leclerc, while George Russell gradually comes back to Pierre Gasly…

50/69 – 🔎 And here is the ranking in this 50th lap of the race!

49/69 – ⏱️ And the Dutchman improves to 1'22″290! Esteban Ocon tries to keep up the pace, but the Norman is losing tenth after tenth against the Red Bull...

48/69 – ⏱️ Max Verstappen sets the best times, with a time of 1'22″453! He is now 3″7 ahead of Esteban Ocon!

47/69 – 🔢 As things stand, Lando Norris would be 62 points behind Max Verstappen in the championship.

46/69 – 🆙 And it was predictable: Oscar Piastri gives up his place to Lando Norris, who takes back 6th place.

45/69 – Max Verstappen surprised Esteban Ocon at the first corner with an extremely late braking! The Dutchman is now leading the debate, ahead of the two Alpine. And the Red Bull driver could sign the hold-up of the year since Lando Norris is only 7th behind Oscar Piastri!

44/69 – ⚠️ Fernando Alonso goes straight on at turn 12 but can restart, in 15th and last place.

43/69 – 🆙 Max Verstappen overtakes Esteban Ocon in the first sector! And Lando Norris goes straight on at the first corner and comes out 7th!

43/69 – 🟢 The Safety Car pulls out, Esteban Ocon gets the pack moving again, here we go again! 26 laps to go!

41/69 – 🇫🇷 Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly are still respectively 1st and 3rd in this completely crazy Brazilian Grand Prix!

40/69 – 🟠 After trying to leave, Carlos Sainz finally dismounts and gives up.

39/69 – 🟠 Safety Car again! Carlos Sainz brakes on the white line, loses control and smashes his Ferrari into the wall at turn 8!

38/69 – Times are starting to get a little quicker, and Esteban Ocon is still 3″ ahead of Max Verstappen. Pierre Gasly is 3″ behind the Dutchman.

37/69 – ⚠️ Oliver Bearman makes a mistake, again, and hits the front of his Haas at low speed at turn 6! He can restart, but his wing may be damaged.

36/69 – With Lando Norris 5th, Max Verstappen is not taking any risks for the moment and lets Esteban Ocon escape in the lead! The Frenchman now has a 3″3 lead over the Dutchman.

35/69 – Esteban Ocon has created a gap of 2″5 on this first restart lap! The Frenchman is supercharged in the lead!

34/69 – ⚠️ Lando Norris misses turn 4 and allows George Russell to pass him again! 

34/69 – 🟢 And here we go again, Esteban Ocon restarts the race ahead of Max Verstappen! Ollie Bearman made a mistake before the restart! 

33/69 – 🟠 The drivers come out of the pits, all on intermediate tires! The Safety Car sets the pace ahead of Ocon, Verstappen and Gasly.

33/69 - Guanyu-Zhou takes to the track to “split” and make up for his lost lap.

33/69 – The pilots get back into their car, let's wait for everyone's tire choices...

33/69 – ⚠️ The race will be restarted in 10 minutes, at 18:02 p.m. French time!

33/69 – ⚫️❌ Amazing : Nico Hulkenberg receives a black flag and is disqualified from this Grand Prix! After his spin, the German got going again thanks to external assistance from the trackside marshals, which is forbidden!

33/69 – Latest communication from the FIA ​​regarding the resumption: "The teams have been informed by race control that the new start will be a rolling start, but the weather conditions are still expected to improve at the moment."

33/69 – 📺 Here is the replay of Franco Colapinto's accident that caused this red flag.

33/69 – 🔴 Here is the current status of the ranking at the time of the red flag!

33/69 – 🔴 Obviously, under red flag, drivers can change their tires. By not stopping, both Alpine and Max Verstappen are rightfully in the first three places of this Brazilian Grand Prix!

33/69 – 🔴 Franco Colapinto was surprised on the climb towards the start-finish straight, and violently hit the wall on the outside. The Argentinian is fine, but the Williams is destroyed.

32/69 – 🔴 Red flag! Franco Colapinto hit the wall! THE Alpine and Verstappen big winners, they will be able to change their tires!

32/69 – 🟠 So, and it's incredible, we have Esteban Ocon leading the Brazilian Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly! These are the three drivers who didn't stop!

31/69 – 🟠 Safety Car! The rain is too heavy! And Lando Norris had just passed the Mercedes by George Russell!

30/69 – 🌧️ And the rain is getting heavier! tsunoda, Lawson and Perez have put on rain tires! Norris and Russell are on intermediates!

30/69 - 10 second penalty for Oscar Piastri after his collision with Liam Lawson.

29/69 – 🟢 Russell and Norris pit… just as the VSC fades! Ocon and Verstappen continue on their way, the Frenchman leads the Grand Prix!

28/69 – Several drivers took advantage of this to stop, like Piastri and Alonso. Just before the VSC, Ocon overtook Tsunoda for 3rd place!

27/69 – 🟡 Yellow flag and Virtual Safety Car, Nico Hülkenberg is arrested after going off the track!

26/69 – 💥 Collision between Piastri and Lawson at the first bend! Both drivers can start again, but the New Zealander has dropped to 9th place. And Gasly takes advantage of this to climb to 6th place!

25/69 – ⚠️ Russell and Hamilton are under investigation for changing their tyre pressures on the grid during the shortened procedure after the aborted start.

25/69 – Pit stop for… Charles Leclerc, the first driver to stop at this Grand Prix! He puts on new intermediates and starts off 13th!

23/69 – Here are the rankings at the 23rd lap of the race! Esteban Ocon came back very close to Yuki Tsunoda for 3rd place!

22/69 – Leclerc misses in turn 12 before the long straight, but he manages to defend his position against Verstappen at the first corner. It was close!

21/69 – The stewards have just removed another lap from this Grand Prix, as there were two additional formation laps before the start. So there will be 69 laps.

20/70 – Hamilton complains of an “undriveable car” that “bounces” everywhere, the Briton confides on his radio…

19/70 – Hulkenberg explains that it is getting slippery with the worn intermediate tyres. Meanwhile, Sainz and Bearman pass Hamilton for 13th and 14th places.

18/70 – Lando Norris remains on George Russell’s heels, but the driver McLaren complains of a lack of top speed compared to the Mercedes.

17/70 – The four-way battle for 3rd place continues between Tsunoda, Ocon, Leclerc and Verstappen, who is unable to find an opening on the Monegasque.

16/70 – 🆙 Pierre Gasly gains a position by overtaking Fernando Alonso: the Norman is now 9th, while Esteban Ocon is still 4th.

15/70 – Still 3rd, Yuki Tsunoda is slowing down in front of Ocon, Leclerc and Verstappen. The rain is back.

14/70 – The investigation into “breach of the starting procedure” by Lando Norris and company will be conducted after the race, the stewards announced.

13/70 – ⏱️ Verstappen continues to attack and sets the fastest lap in 1'23″430! He catches up with Leclerc by tenths!

12/70 – Lewis Hamilton goes into the grass at turn 12! The Briton goes wide and loses a position to Franco Colapinto for 12th place!

11/70 – 🆙 New overtaking for Max Verstappen and new lap record in 1'24″015! The Dutchman is already 6th!

10/70 – 🆙 Max Verstappen takes the upper hand over Oscar Piastri, who doesn't put up much resistance, and moves up to 7th place! Next target: Liam Lawson!

10/70 – ⏱️ New best lap for George Russell in 1'24″238.

9/70 – ⚠️ 10 second penalty for Ollie Bearman for a collision with Franco Colapinto in the opening laps.

9/70 – Max Verstappen has already returned to Oscar Piastri's exhausts, will he quickly find the opening?

8/70 – 🔎 Here is the ranking after the first eight laps of the race.

7/70 – ⏱️ Best lap for Max Verstappen in 1'24″311! The Dutchman is on fire!

6/70 – 🆙 And Max Verstappen continues and overtakes Fernando Alonso to gain 8th place.

6/70 – Lando Norris continues to break lap records and comes back to within a second of George Russell.

5/70 – 🆙 Max Verstappen dives inside Pierre Gasly at the first corner and climbs to 9th place! Please note that there is no DRS in wet conditions.

5/70 – Bearman makes a mistake and loses three positions, he falls to 17th place.

4/70 – ⏱️ Lap record for Norris in 1'25″402, the Briton accelerates and closes in on Russell.

4/70 – 📺 Relive the start of this Brazilian Grand Prix in replay with Norris’ missed start against Russell.

3/70 – Russell has already opened up a 2 second gap ahead of Norris! Also note the very good start from Gasly, 9th!

2/70 – 🆙 Max Verstappen already on the attack! The Dutchman overtakes Lewis Hamilton and returns to the points zone, in 10th place!

2/70 – ⚠️ Sergio Perez spins, but the Mexican can immediately get going again!

1/70 - Excellent start from Max Verstappen who is already 11th in this first lap! 

1/70 – 🟢 Here we go for this Brazilian Grand Prix! And it's raining on Interlagos, that's it! Russell takes the lead ahead of Norris, Tsunoda is 3rd ahead of Ocon and Leclerc!

0/70 – 🟢 Here we go (again) for a new training round! The rain is not far away, but not here yet…

0/70 – The mechanics are back on the grid to warm up the tires and cool down the cars. A lap was deducted following this aborted start.

0/70 – ⚠️ Lando Norris is under investigation for "breaking the starting procedure"! The Briton started on a 2nd formation lap... when he shouldn't have! The leading rider launched the peloton, some followed straight away, others didn't!

0/70 – 🌧️ And that won't help some drivers, since the rain is coming and could fall during the start.

0/70 – 🔴 The start is aborted, the next formation lap will be given in 10 minutes! We restart the procedure.

0/70 – A second training round is therefore restarted, and some drivers struggle to get going again… but finally, everyone can get going again.

0/71 – 🔴 Trying to leave, Lance stroll got stuck in the gravel trap! The start was aborted!

0/71 – 💥 Lance Stroll went off in Turn 4 on the formation lap, the rear brakes of theAston Martin got stuck! Unbelievable! The Canadian hit the wall! 

0/71 – 🟢 The formation lap is underway! No surprises: everyone is starting on intermediate tires!

16h27 – 🇧🇷 Between qualifying and the race, Lewis Hamilton paid a moving tribute to Ayrton Senna by driving the McLaren MP4/5B, with which the Brazilian won the world title in 1990.

16h24 – 🔎 Here is the remaining allocation of intermediate and maxi-rain tires for this race.

16h22 – 🌧️ If the rain stopped before the start, it should quickly return during the Grand Prix: the chance of rain is announced at 100%, quite simply. It's 23°C in the air, 29°C on the track.

16h20 – ❌ Qualified 7th, Alexander albon will ultimately not be at the start of the race following his violent accident this morning in Q3. The Thai driver's Williams could not be repaired in time. Carlos Sainz, meanwhile, will start from the pits following the change of his gearbox and power unit.

Albon out of Brazilian GP, ​​Sainz leaves the pits

16h19 – 🔎 Here is the completely crazy starting grid of this Brazilian Grand Prix! Lando Norris starts on pole, Max Verstappen is far behind in 17th place after his elimination in Q2 and his 5-place engine penalty!

16h17 – ⏪️ If you missed the qualifying of this Brazilian Grand Prix, postponed to this Sunday morning due to the heavy rain that fell on Interlagos yesterday, here is the summary!

Norris on pole in the rain, Verstappen trapped in Q2 and Ocon 4th!

16h15 – 👋 Hello everyone ! Welcome to this live commentary to follow together the Brazilian GP, ​​twenty-first round of the 2024 Formula 1 season. The start is scheduled in a few minutes, at 16:30 p.m.

© Florent Gooden / DPPI

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Dorian Grangier

A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.

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03/11/2024 at 06:58 a.m.

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