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Sao Paulo is always a blast, and a rainy race on Sunday gave us another example of it.
Here are the winners & losers from Brazil.
Losers
5. Kimi Antonelli
Just one week after becoming the youngest ever Formula 1 World Champion, Antonelli finished 5th and behind his teammate George Russell.
Not a great result, but I’ll allow it because he might still have been partying all week.
As is his right.
4. Valtteri Bottas
Not even starting the grand prix isn’t exactly a great race, is it?
3. Lance Stroll
Then again, neither is having yet another DNF, like Lance Stroll did on Sunday.
It just continuously gets worse and worse for Stroll this year.
2. Ferrari
Mexico might very well have been their last chance for a win, and a teammate spat cost them that chance.
Brazil saw the Prancing Horses finishing 8th and 9th, nowhere near contention for the race win.
This could be a very interesting offseason for Ferrari.
1. Pierre Gasly
Gasly finished 14th, which isn’t a good result, but isn’t anything super crazy.
What is crazy is a really interesting stat the other day.
After Silverstone, Pierre Gasly had 42 points in the World Championship.
That was 11 races ago.
He finished 10th in Holland, 7th in Italy, and 10th in the U.S., all points finishing positions.
He currently sits at 42 points.
That’s due to his Monaco result being overturned and losing points because of it, but it’s extremely funny for us.
Probably a little bit sad for Gasly.
Winners
5. Nico Hulkenberg
I thought it would be a better year for Audi, and it’s not one I expected, but Nico Hulkenberg got a solid 10th place finish to get a point for his team.
A good result at one of Nico’s best tracks.
4. Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson is (likely) going to get a contract extension with Racing Bulls, and it’s a deserved one.
Another 7th place finish is good confirmation of his excellent season.
3. Isack Hadjar
Another podium for Hadjar.
It’s actually very rare for the second Red Bull driver to get multiple podiums in a season, and this is Hadjar’s 3rd!
Quite the season.
2. Max Verstappen
Verstappen loves a come from the back drive at Brazil.
He did it a couple of years ago, and he did it again this week, coming from the 19th to finish 2nd.
It’s always just an absolute joy to watch.
1. Lando Norris
But the weekend belongs to Lando Norris, who had a dominant weekend from start to finish, starting on pole and winning the race.
It wasn’t a flawless weekend, however, after he stuck his head into the sparks on the podium.
Thankfully, he’s ok.
But maybe keep an eye out next time, Lando.
