Lewis Hamilton win Sao Paulo GP F1 : the greatest driver Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton: Sao Paulo GP F1 win ‘one of the greatest drives I’ve ever seen’, says Damon Hill

The reaction to Lewis Hamilton’s comeback win at Interlagos after his qualifying disqualification had appeared to strike a hammer blow to his world title hopes; 1996 world champion Damon Hill leads the tributes

Sky F1’s Damon Hill has described Lewis Hamilton’s “utterly awesome” against-the-odds victory in the Sao Paulo GP as “one of the best drives I’ve ever seen in F1”.

Hamilton’s 101st F1 triumph, from 10th on the grid after two separate demotions across the sprint format weekend, keeps him firmly in the title hunt against Max Verstappen just as his Dutch rival had looked poised to edge away.

When his countryman’s comments were put to him in the post-race press conference, Hamilton said: “Well, it never gets old hearing positive comments from such a great driver in Damon.

“I remember being such a big fan of his when I was younger, when he was racing and obviously we’re now men, we don’t kind of get too much… but I’ve always admired Damon and I think he’s always been super supportive, so I really do appreciate that.”

Hamilton’s victory charge – the social reaction

WOW! Unbelievable victory for @LewisHamilton. One of the greatest of his stunning career….make that anyone’s career. Truly stunning. The ?????
— Gary Lineker ? (@GaryLineker) November 14, 2021

Impressive victory for @LewisHamilton after an irresistible comeback. Three more races to go before we know the outcome of the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships.#F1 #BrazilGP ?? pic.twitter.com/h9E61WLokL
— Jean Todt (@JeanTodt) November 14, 2021

I’ll be watching that one back later! Congrats @LewisHamilton, you’re an absolute beast! ? https://t.co/6U76aXhzER
— George Russell (@GeorgeRussell63) November 14, 2021

Sensational weekend from @LewisHamilton in Brazil… Further proof that the greatest drivers win the races you don’t expect them to.????

He’s well rewarded by Merc but these are the weekends where he proves he’s worth every cent.

The title battle gets even tighter! #F1 #BrazilGP
— Karun Chandhok (@karunchandhok) November 15, 2021

A 25-place penalty.

No problem.

He’s Lewis ? Hamilton.
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) November 14, 2021

That was one of the best drives I've ever seen in F1. By anyone. Utterly awesome. #f1
— Damon Hill (@HillF1) November 14, 2021

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2021 Formula One World Championship

The 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is the 72nd running of the Formula One World Championship.

It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The championship is being contested over twenty-two Grands Prix, which will be held around the world. Drivers and teams are scheduled to compete for the titles of World Drivers’ Champion and World Constructors’ Champion respectively.

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes are the defending World Drivers’ and World Constructors’ champions respectively, having won the titles in 2020.

Lewis Hamilton

Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE HonFREng is a British racing driver.

(born 7 January 1985)

He currently competes in Formula One for Mercedes, having previously driven for McLaren from 2007 to 2012.

In Formula One, Hamilton has won a joint-record seven World Drivers’ Championship titles (tied with Michael Schumacher), and holds the records for the most wins (101), pole positions (101), and podium finishes (179), among others.

Importants Things we learned from 2021’s Brazilian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton produced a memorable comeback victory in Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix after his exclusion from qualifying in Interlagos, denting the momentum of championship leader Max Verstappen.

Autosport picks out the key talking points from a weekend in which a team boss’s future was the subject of discussion while one drivers’ heroics again kept his squad in the hunt for a top-five constructors’ championship finish

Interlagos has hosted its fair share of Formula 1 classics through the years, but Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix was one that will live long in the memory.

It proved to be a dramatic weekend both on and off the track, but it was Lewis Hamilton who took victory to cut Max Verstappen’s lead at top of the drivers’ championship down to 14 points.

Hamilton did it the hard way, recovering from a qualifying exclusion on Friday that left him last on the grid for the sprint race before fighting his way up the order, capping off his recovery with another spirited wheel-to-wheel battle against Verstappen.

It stoked the fire not only between the two world championship rivals, but also between their respective Mercedes and Red Bull squads as F1’s top teams renewed their political rivalry.

Interlagos was one of Hamilton’s greatest F1 victories (Luke Smith)

Hamilton has always thrived in the face of adversity, but the fashion in which he fought back in Brazil last weekend surely makes this one of his greatest F1 victories.

The pace of his Mercedes was undeniably a cut above that of Verstappen’s Red Bull. But to have passed every single car in the field – and some of them twice, thanks to the five-place grid penalty applied for the grand prix for taking a fresh engine – in the space of two days is an astonishing achievement, no matter what way you look at it.

Mercedes’ straightline pace advantage has piqued Red Bull’s interest (LS)

The key swing between Red Bull and Mercedes at Interlagos was the straightline speed advantage that Hamilton – armed with his new engine – enjoyed.

It made Turn 1 an easy spot for Hamilton to get his overtakes done, with the additional help of DRS allowing him to enjoy a speed advantage of over 25km/h against other cars before hitting the brakes.

All weekend long, though, Red Bull had been expressing intrigue in how Mercedes was achieving such a huge top speed. Technical chief Adrian Newey met with the FIA to discuss the Mercedes rear wing earlier in the weekend, while Verstappen’s fine-inducing touches on Hamilton’s rear wing in parc ferme was motivated by a desire to see “how much the rear wing was flexing at that point”.

The political drama is far from over in F1 this year (LS)

Toto Wolff said after Sunday’s race in Brazil that “diplomacy has ended” following a fraught weekend that saw Mercedes spend as much time in the stewards’ room as it did with cars on-track.

Mercedes called the decision to exclude Hamilton from qualifying “harsh”, noting how damaged parts can typically be fixed under parc ferme conditions – something Red Bull has done with its rear wing at the last three races – and that it didn’t have the chance to analyse the damage because the part was impounded.

Red Bull, predictably, saw it differently, saying that it was a black-and-white binary case of a part either complying with the technical checks or not.

Wolff made clear that Mercedes would now be keeping an even more eagle eye on its rivals in the event of any breaches.

Verstappen pushed the limit – and crossed a line – in his Turn 4 defence (Tom Howard)

In a weekend not short of flash points, the biggest of Sunday’s race centred around Verstappen’s robust defence while battling Hamilton at Turn 4.

In the eyes of television commentators, Mercedes and a swathe of fans, Verstappen had crossed the line and was lucky to avoid a penalty for running himself and Hamilton wide onto the run off at Turn 4 while defending Hamilton’s attempted pass around the outside.

Curiously, it didn’t warrant an investigation by the stewards as race director Michael Masi took a “let them race” approach – despite admitting after the race that the incident almost warranted a black and white flag, which seems somewhat of a contradiction.

Fans remain unconvinced despite F1’s best sprint yet (LS)

The third and final sprint race of the 2021 season offered far more action than either Silverstone or Monza – but much of that was because of Hamilton’s charge, not the format itself.

The fact this was a sprint weekend certainly helped Hamilton’s recovery (even if critics could argue it also denied the full fightback coming in the race), and he proved that it is possible to have the kind of flat-out overtake-fest that F1 so dearly want the sprints to be.

But that all depends on cars being out of position. Sergio Perez spent most of the sprint race lurking just behind Carlos Sainz Jr, but admitted afterwards he did not feel he could take a risk to make a pass as he would in the race because there is too much to lose.

6 Winners and 5 Losers from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix – Who bossed it in Brazil?

Lewis Hamilton made up a total of 25 places in 95 laps (across the F1 Sprint and Grand Prix) to leave Brazil with his 101st victory in his pocket.

We’ve picked out our six winners and five losers from a scintillating weekend at Interlagos…

Winner: Lewis Hamilton

Before Brazil, just one of seven-time world champion Hamilton’s 100 victories – in 284 starts – had come from outside the top six on the grid (he triumphed from 14th in Germany in 2018).

He made that two at Interlagos, cutting through from 10th on the grid to take his sixth win of the season. It was the biggest comeback drive the venue had ever seen – no one had previously won from lower than eighth.

It was also only his second win since the summer break, leaving him just 14 points adrift of Verstappen in the drivers’ championship and 107 still to play for with three races to go.

Loser: Max Verstappen

Second in Brazil was Max Verstappen’s 15th top-two finish in 19 attempts this year, but it was not the step of the podium the Dutchman was targeting ahead of the weekend.

He declared himself “satisfied” with the result and has Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez to thank for stealing the fastest lap point off Hamilton at the death to minimise the championship loss.

Winners: Ferrari

Ferrari are on an immense run of form, the Scuderia getting both cars into the top eight for the fourth successive race. With Charles Leclerc fifth and Carlos Sainz sixth, they scored 18 points in a Grand Prix for the third time in succession.

It was Leclerc’s 10th top-five finish, while Sainz extended the longest active points streak of any driver to 12 races. Their collective haul puts Ferrari 31.5 points clear of McLaren in the fight for P3 in the constructors’ championship.

Loser: Daniel Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo showed better pace in the Grand Prix than in Saturday’s F1 Sprint, which allowed him to move himself into the top 10 and contention for points.

Winners: Mercedes

Mercedes may have had the fastest car at Interlagos, but their weekend was set to be a tricky one from the moment they decided to fit Hamilton’s car with a fresh engine, triggering a five-place grid penalty.

It got harder when he was disqualified from qualifying for a rear wing infringement. But Bottas did his job on Saturday, winning the Sprint, with Hamilton recovering to a brilliant fifth.

Loser: Yuki Tsunoda

Yuki Tsunoda and his AlphaTauri team went aggressive as the only ones to start the race on the soft tyre – with everyone else on the more durable mediums.

Winner: Pierre Gasly

There was better news for the other AlphaTauri, with Pierre Gasly’s impressive 2021 campaign continuing. The Frenchman pulled of a string of overtakes, including on the Alpines of Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon, to finish seventh.

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After starting from last in the sprint to P5 and then starting P10 in the race to come back to win, it was a truly amazing drive by Hamilton.

He shows the world once again why he is truly the greatest as he was forced off track by Max and the FIA once again did nothing. This and everything that happened on Sunday at the Brazil GP all covered in this latest YouTube video.