Interlagos has a particular place in Max Verstappen’s coronary heart as it’s the scene of two of his best ever drives. In consequence, the enduring venue – with its slender, sweeping, undulating structure – is his excellent host venue for the subsequent chapter on this yr’s enthralling battle for the Drivers’ Championship.
In 2016, the four-time World Champion dropped to 14th after pitting for moist tyres (in what was his fifth cease of the race) earlier than delivering a mesmerising surge by the sector, selecting off 11 locations in 16 laps to take third.
Then last year, he recovered from seventeenth on the grid – the Crimson Bull racer unable to finish his lap in Qualifying due to a crimson flag – to take a sensational win within the moist. Whereas a crimson flag benefitted him on Sunday, when it gave him the possibility to grab a free tyre change to haul him into competition, his tempo was clear as he set the quickest lap of the race by 1.045s.
