Here we are at the fourth to last seasonal appointment of a world championship that has yet to award the drivers' titleCould this weekend bring a turning point in this direction? We'll find out little by little, but in the meantime, let's focus on analyzing what happened in these FP1 of the Brazilian GP which ended with Norris first ahead of Piastri and Hulkemberg. A little more difficulty for Red Bull, with Verstappen who fails to complete a timed lap and finishes 17th. Same situation for Ferraris finish second to last and third to last as they decide to go into qualifying without doing any single lap tests.
FP1 of the Brazilian GP begins and everyone is looking for the perfect set-up.
As soon as the session starts FP1 of the Brazilian GP All the drivers take to the track to make the most of this single hour of testing, before having to get back on track for sprint qualifying. In fact There is little time to study the data and create the perfect setup. However, problems began immediately for tsunoda and he crashes into the barriers and then manages to restart immediately but causes a yellow flag. Not exactly the most desirable start, as you need to quickly gain confidence with the circuit.
Meanwhile his companion, Verstappen takes second place from Leclerc. The first position in FP1 of the Brazilian GP goes to Russell which concludes the tour in 1:11.188However, the times are still very slow and will surely improve in the future. Despite this, there are also difficulties for Verstappen and is the protagonist of a long in the same corner where his teammate lost it. Incidentally, we can point out that currently at Ferrari, Charles has a slightly more loaded car than Lewis. We'll see if they converge on the same set-up or maintain different configurations.
Norris first with Piastri very close while Ferrari takes a risk and doesn't try the timed lap
In the meantime let's see that halfway through FP1 of the Brazilian GP, some are focusing more on the flying lap and others are doing long run testsAnd it was precisely 20 minutes from the end that Tsunoda returned to the track. However, despite being the only one on the soft tyre, when everyone else was on the hard tyre, he failed to set a significant lap. Instead, Among those who do long runs, the best are McLaren and Ferrari, although we cannot know what their fuel load and engine mapping are. What is worth noting, however, is that Lando seems to be struggling a bit as he often returned to the pits to make continuous changes.
There are now 10 minutes left in the FP1 session of the Brazilian GP and it's time for everyone to set their fastest lap. And they are immediately the two Papayas take the lead with Piastri first in 1:09.998 and Lando at +261. The situation will change right at the end with the Englishman finishing ahead of his teammate by 23 thousandths. On the other hand At the Prancing Horse pit, it was decided to save an extra set of yellow tyres and go out again with the hard tyres. Therefore, in fact, the qualification is not tested.. Choice, again, different for Verstappen fitting the soft tyres ma seems to be struggling particularly and in the end he fails to complete even a timed lap.
To conclude we can say that The weekend is still wide open and we can expect some surprises. For this reason, we invite you to return to YawClub to follow all the upcoming sessions.
Here is the final standings of FP1 of the Brazilian GP:
