Even before the race itself, it was more or less clear that the change in weather would not affect the performance of the race itself. The weather forecast before the race weekend was not the most encouraging, but on Sunday the racers were greeted by sunny weather and heated track (49 degrees Celsius). However, the racers had a lot of comments over the wind, which was not strong, but it was constantly changing its direction and thus disturbing the racers.
He pulled the fastest from the pole position Max Verstappen, the start was worse Sebastian Vettl, which overtook him Lewis Hamilton. The second Ferrari racer started his race for the Brazilian Grand Prix decisively, Charles Leclerc, who has already caught ten after a few laps, but the maneuver of the first part of the race still succeeded Carlos Sainz, which overtook with surgical precision in minimal space in the first turn Sergio Pereza.
A little later, they got into a duel Daniel Ricciardo in Kevin Magnussen. The Australian tried to overtake the Dane in the third corner, exaggerating and turning Haas' car. Magnussen commented on the radio in his own style: "Prek *** i idiot" and came to the pits to have his new front wings installed. Ricciardo was after the commissioners' review punished with a five-second penalty.
In the 22nd round I would be in the pits almost collided Verstappen in Kubica, after the Pole driver Red Bullbut closed the way out of the pits, for which the Williams driver was given a five-second penalty (for the Unsafe Release). Then a few laps nothing dramatic happened, both leaders decided to change the tires, and then it was Bottas started putting more and more pressure on Leclerc, but his plans were thwarted by a Mercedes engine that dropped his soul in the 54th lap, so the Finn parked by the track and drove onto the track safety car.
Hamilton's tactics after the safety car drove off the track did not work, as Verstappen whizzed past him, but the other driver, R, also found himself in a good situationed Bulla, Alex Albon, which overtook both Ferraris and began to threaten Hamilton as well. Internal Ferrari duel five laps before the finish line was because of Vettl’s stupidity finished in the worst possible way, with punctured tires on both cars and a double resignation.
Lewis Hamilton he wanted to turn the situation in his favor and went to the pits again, and then we saw the dramatic last two laps. Hamilton soon overtook Gasly, in a duel with Albon but collided with him and Tajec spun around and backed to the back of the column, Hamilton so for Gasly.
In the final meters, Gasly kept a good meter advantage over Hamilton and in the right photo finish with another place achieved the best career ranking. He also made excellent use of the resignation of both Ferraris Carlos Sainz with fourth place, and a great race was taken by Alfa Romeo, as both racers finished immediately behind the top four, and they also got points Ricciardo, Norris, Perez in Kvyat.
