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F1 Brazilian GP: Piastri palms Norris Dash victory, Verstappen fourth with penalty
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F1 Brazilian GP: Piastri palms Norris Dash victory, Verstappen fourth with penalty

Motorsports November 5, 2024
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Lando Norris was waved by means of by team-mate Oscar Piastri to win Method 1’s 2024 Brazil dash race, with the second McLaren saved from a Max Verstappen assault by a late digital security automobile.

Nonetheless, the Purple Bull driver was later handed a five-second penalty for his actions because the VSC was ending on the ultimate lap. This dropped him to fourth, behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

In the beginning, polesitter Piastri moved throughout to chop off Norris’s run to the within at Flip 1, the place the McLarens held their positions and Verstappen locked up unsuccessfully attacking Charles Leclerc’s third place.

The McLaren pair moved barely clear within the early laps, earlier than Leclerc – who was unmoved by an early look from Verstappen into Flip 4 on the finish of the observe’s second straight – and the world champion closed again up.

Norris advised he thought Piastri ought to have let him by within the opening quarter of the 24-lap contest, however the one order within the first half was for the chief to provide his team-mate DRS after the second McLaren had fallen barely away as the primary 10 laps ended.

Leclerc adopted the McLarens intently by means of the following part earlier than a second on the Senna S on lap 13 meant he needed to defend in opposition to Verstappen to Flip 4 and the McLarens lastly snapped the DRS menace from behind.

However, simply as McLaren was telling Norris it anticipated to swap positions late within the race, Leclerc’s tempo dipping meant Verstappen was lastly capable of combat by at Flip 4 with DRS on the surface line on lap 18.

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing RB20

Picture by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Photos

Verstappen rapidly tore a bit from Norris’s lead forward, as he continued to lap usually inside a second of his team-mate.

The McLaren pair within the pulled a two-second hole to Verstappen as lap 20 kicked off, earlier than the Purple Bull then closed in by just a few tenths.

Then when Nico Hulkenberg pulled off at Flip 8 in his Haas, McLaren immediately needed to urgently swap the lead in worry of the VSC that finally got here.

On lap 22, Piastri obeyed the instruction to let Norris by, with Verstappen immediately all around the now second McLaren and threatening massively in third.

However simply earlier than the penultimate lap kicked off, the VSC was activated and the race neutralised.

There was to be one final second of motion when the VSC ended as Norris made it to Flip 4 on the ultimate lap, with Verstappen pulling out from behind Piastri’s slipstream as if to assault with the neutralisation nonetheless lively.

When it went inexperienced, Norris powered clear simply to win by 0.5s, whereas Verstappen didn’t get to make his transfer as by this stage he and Piastri and reached Flip 4.

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38, Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38, Max Verstappen, Purple Bull Racing RB20

Picture by: Lubomir Asenov / Motorsport Photos

Quickly after the race ended, it was introduced that Verstappen’s actions have been being investigated for a potential infringement – and was subsequently given a post-race five-second penalty that dropped him to fourth behind Leclerc.

“Yeah, not proud about it,” Norris mentioned after the crew orders. “However we work nicely as a crew collectively. So, I thank Oscar, however we have achieved an awesome job as a crew.

“At this time was the consequence that we wished. Oscar deserved it, however we’re doing what now we have to do, so I thank him and the crew.

“We had nice tempo. Trying ahead to qualifying [later on Saturday] and the race tomorrow.”

Ferrari’s anticipated race tempo benefit by no means materialised, as Leclerc dropped again in direction of team-mate Carlos Sainz by the tip – the Spaniard having been dropped rapidly within the early laps.

George Russell was the lead Mercedes in sixth, with Pierre Gasly a formidable seventh for Alpine, whereas Sergio Perez fought his approach up from his SQ2 exit to complete eighth and declare the ultimate level.

Lewis Hamilton recovered just a few spots from dropping badly at first, whereas within the different Haas Oliver Bearman additionally dropped again from working on the finish of the highest 10 early on.

F1 Brazilian GP – Dash race outcomes

 

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