2021 Formula 1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Preview

This weekend Formula 1 returns to Brazil for the latest Grand Prix of the 2021 season.

Max Verstappen will enter the weekend with a 19 point wholesomeness over title rival Lewis Hamilton. This is without Verstappen personal victory in last weekend’s Grand Prix in Mexico while Hamilton finished second.

Third in the suburbanite standings is Valtteri Bottas who qualified on pole position in Mexico surpassing stuff spun at the first corner ruined his race. The Finn has a 20 point wholesomeness over fourth placed Sergio Perez, the Mexican having personal a fifth podium finish of the season in front of his fans last time out.

There is then a 15 point gap between Perez and fifth placed Lando Norris without the latter salvaged a tenth place finish, and a point, in Mexico. The McLaren suburbanite has a 12 point gap to sixth placed Charles Leclerc who had flipside solid Grand Prix with the Monegasque suburbanite finishing fifth. Leclerc is now superiority of teammate Carlos Sainz by 7.5 points in the championship going into this weekend.

It was a quietly impressive race from Pierre Gasly in Mexico, the Frenchman managing to finish fourth last weekend. It is the AlphaTauri driver’s fourth top five finish of the season and places Gasly ninth in the suburbanite standings, 19 points overdue eighth placed Daniel Ricciardo and 26 points superiority of Fernando Alonso in tenth.

In the constructors’ championship there is just one point separating Mercedes and second placed Red Bull going into this weekend’s Grand Prix.

Behind them is Scuderia Ferrari who has taken over third placed in the standings from McLaren. The former personal a 5-6 finish in Mexico to create a 13.5 point gap between them and McLaren. This is without the latter was only worldly-wise to secure a 10-12 finish from the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend.

Behind Ferrari and McLaren, joint fifth in the standings, are Alpine and AlphaTauri. This is without Alpine secured a ninth place finish in Mexico thanks to Alonso while, as mentioned earlier, Gasly secured fourth for AlphaTauri. Alpine are superiority on countback thanks to Esteban Ocon’s victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Behind the two, and seventh in the standings, is Aston Martin who are 38 points overdue Alpine and AlphaTauri and have a 45 point gap to eighth placed Williams. This is without Aston Martin managed to secure points in Mexico thanks to Sebastian Vettel’s seventh place finish.

Williams meanwhile secured a 16-17 finish in Mexico and their gap to Alfa Romeo has decreased to 12 points without the latter personal eighth thanks to Kimi Raikkonen. It moreover therefore ways that Alfa Romeo’s gap to last placed Haas has moreover increased with the tenth placed team still on zero points for the 2021 season.

Lastly to note this weekend’s Grand Prix is the third trial of Formula 1’s Sprint weekend format.