This is what the Formula 1 paddock in São Paulo is talking about

Kimi Raikkonen has a lot in common with the Schumachers.

Quite a few Formula 1 teams are still waiting for important cargo in Brazil.

That is not the only topic of conversation ahead of the fourth-last Grand Prix of this season in Brazil.

São Paulo - Sebastian Vettel could get a new Formula 1 team boss at Aston Martin.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton bows to a "legend".

A topic of conversation from the paddock in Interlagos.

Raikkonen and the two Schumacher generations

Mick Schumacher looked moved.

The 22-year-old Haas driver was asked what it meant to him to have shared the Formula 1 tarmac with Kimi Raikkonen.

After all, Raikkonen, who will stop at the end of this year, had already driven against his father Michael.

First silence.

"It was a great pleasure to drive against him," said Mick Schumacher respectfully, but with his defeated car he was hardly able to fight for positions on the track against the Alfa Romeo driver.

"You remind me of your father in everything," said Raikkonen.

Will Vettel's team boss leave Aston Martin?

Otmar Szafnauer made contact with Sebastian Vettel for Aston Martin.

He also held the first talks to win the German over to the British team this season.

"I get along with him really well," said Vettel, who had to leave Ferrari.

“He was very important.” According to media reports, his team boss Szafnauer is about to switch to Alpine.

There, the 57-year-old is supposed to replace race director Davide Brivio, who probably wants to go back to MotoGP.

Aston Martin and Alpine did not comment on the rumors, while Szafnauer was speaking at the team bosses' official press conference on Friday.

Farewell to a legend on two wheels

Motorcycle legend Valentino Rossi will contest his last race this weekend in Valencia.

Lewis Hamilton, who took a seat on the Italian's MotoGP Yamaha a few years ago and did a few laps on just two wheels, does not leave it cold.

"Everything he did was incredible," said Hamilton of the now 42-year-old.

He was particularly impressed by his passion.

Hamilton also dubbed Rossi a "legend".

And McLaren rider Lando Norris, who writes with the MotoGP rider every now and then, said: "I'll miss him."

Small sin

Daniel Ricciardo loves brigadeiros, these small chocolate balls typical of Brazil.

As the McLaren driver himself said, he was once served this dessert by his wife Raffaela at the birthday party of the former Brazilian Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa.

"I really liked them and ate a lot of them," admitted Ricciardo.

Before this Grand Prix weekend, he was given a large box full of brigadeiros from the Massas.

“It was wonderful,” raved the Australian Ricciardo.

Delivery problems in Formula 1

The weather was to blame.

Therefore, after the last Grand Prix of Mexico with Formula 1 cargo for Brazil, planes were delayed.

On Thursday, teams were waiting for engines and other components on the course in Interlagos.

"The boys have to work late into the night, that's the only thing they can do," said Mick Schumacher's Haas team boss Günther Steiner.

The World Association of Motorsport extended extra deadlines so that the racing teams were allowed to work longer than actually allowed.

This should also ensure that the Grand Prix weekend runs smoothly.

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