Lewis Hamilton is doing a terrific Formula 1 race to catch up in Brazil.
The Mercedes driver comes closer to World Championship leader Max Verstappen again.
There's a lot of trouble going on in the background.
São Paulo - Lewis Hamilton has come back.
After his success at the São Paulo Grand Prix, the seven-time Formula 1 world champion is only 14 points behind world championship leader Max Verstappen.
The decision is now made in the desert.
Hamilton shakes off all adversity
The praise came from the boss. “That was definitely one of the best performances I've ever seen from him,” enthused Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff after Lewis Hamilton's sixth win of the season. The 36-year-old had received a five-place penalty this weekend for an illegal engine swap. Because of an irregular rear wing, he was disqualified in the start chase and had to run right at the back in the sprint. From position ten, Hamilton grabbed this all-important Grand Prix victory from Verstappen. "I gave everything. It was definitely one of the best weekends, if not the best weekend, that I have experienced in my entire career, ”said the seven-time world champion.With the new powerful engine and its driving excellence, the record title is still in the last three races of the season.
Verstappen has to stay cool
Max Verstappen was actually on course for a third Grand Prix victory in a row. A Lewis Hamilton driving like crazy caught him. His World Cup lead has shrunk. Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi do not offer Red Bull as clear advantages as Mexico and Brazil did recently because of the altitude. "We still have a good lead," said Verstappen, who wants to win his first world title. “We tried to limit the damage. I am confident that we will be able to fight back in the coming races. ”However, the new Mercedes engine puzzles the Red Bull leadership a lot. "As far as I can remember, we have never seen an engine like this from Mercedes in the last few years, unbelievable," said motorsport consultant Helmut Marko. "Mercedes has succeeded in creating a masterpiececonjuring up such a rocket in this crucial phase. ”Red Bull itself could not compensate for the performance deficit with a new Honda engine.
The nerves at the command posts are on edge
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner likes to tease Toto Wolff from Mercedes. “We love the competition, and the more Toto gets upset, the more fun it is,” the Englishman recently admitted. In the World Cup duel, the command posts have long since intervened in order to stir up uncertainty among rivals. In the summer, Red Bull and Mercedes had already fought an intense design dispute over the legality of grand pianos - in Brazil the dispute continued cheerfully. The penalty in São Paulo for Hamilton for an irregular rear wing was initiated by Red Bull, who noticed that the component on the Silver Arrow was bending too much. Wolff felt the disqualification in the start chase as excessive. From now on, Mercedes itself will question every adhesive tape on the car.“We had to take a lot of hits in the face this weekend,” said the Austrian. "Diplomacy has ended." Dpa