F1 Gossip
Brazilian GP
Date: Sunday, 3 November 2024
Track: Autódromo José Carlos Pace
♖ Carlos Sainz took a great, fighting victory from pole position in Mexico.
♖ A few years ago, Verstappen said, ‘You do everything you can to win. Sometimes you even have to be a dick to win.’
♖ Max Verstappen drove Norris off the road and received a 10-second time penalty.
♖ Sergio Perez had a disastrous home GP, reported brake problems and eventually finished 19.
♖ Helmut Marko has accused the FIA of overreacting concerning Max Verstappen’s ‘very harsh’ 10-second time penalties.
♖ When Liam Lawson overtook Sergio Perez overtaking Perez, Lawson showed the Mexican driver his middle finger.
♖ Lando Norris congratulated Carlos Sainz for winning the Mexico City Grand Prix.
♖ Max Verstappen’s penalties during the Mexico GP were due to his car not being quick enough.
♖ Sergio Perez said Liam Lawson ‘damaged both our races.’
♖ Five of the Formula 1 field were replaced by FP1-only rookies at the Mexican GP.
♖ It seems that Valtteri Bottas ‘would consider’ a Mercedes F1 return as a reserve driver.
♖ Lewis Hamilton claims Max Verstappen has benefitted from the ‘grey areas’ in F1’s rules.
♖ Max Verstappen will serve a grid penalty at this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
♖ Andretti investigation heats up as the United States Department of Justice contacts F1 team bosses.
♖ Honda and Alpine have both received fines for procedural breaches of Formula 1’s 2023 Power Unit Financial Regulations.
♖ Should Charles Leclerc face punishment for saying the F-word in an FIA press conference?
♖ According to the rumour mill, Haas has offered Kevin Magnussen a non-driving role for 2025.
♖ Sergio Perez claims, ‘You will see me next year’ despite speculation over his F1 future.
♖ Lewis Hamilton will drive Ayrton Senna’s MP4-5B on Saturday of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix after the sprint race.
♖ The new McLaren rear wing was spied on as FIA conducted its flexing investigations.
♖ Lando Norris has made a plea to Oscar Piastri to achieve more.