FORMULA 1 LENOVO GRANDE PREMIO DE SAO PAULO 2024 .......Sprint Race...... ▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

Liam Lawson and Sergio Perez battle reignites in Brazil
Having started 13th, Perez had to work his way up the sprint field and eventually came across Lawson who was occupying the last point-paying spot in eighth.

Eager to get by, Perez tried a lunge into turn 1 but locked up, which allowed the Kiwi to re-overtake.

But Perez was able to get past again a short while later and a VSC late on protected the Red Bull driver from another overtake behind him.

That VSC was lifted late on but Lawson was not happy with what he saw from what he believes was a slow-moving Perez.

VCARB race engineer Pierre Hamelin said: “Okay Liam, obviously very frustrating. P9. Just about there.”

Lawson: “I don’t even have words for what I just watched.”

Hamelin: “Understood. We will review what happened at the VSC restart. We lost quite a bit there compared to the guys in front. We’ll have a look.”

Lawson: “Did you see I was on the gearbox of Checo? He’s like five seconds positive.”

Hamelin: “Copy that and then he opened a bit more in the corner. Loud and clear.”

When a VSC is in effect, drivers must stay on a delta time and by going positive, Lawson is suggesting Perez was going much slower than allowed.

 

Help from his teammate too. Oscar had to give him drs just to keep him close. I think Oscar not letting him by at the beginning is a big heads-up to Lando that next yr he is on his own.

 

Hulkenbergs car was seen smoking a lap before the VSC. Shame on Nico and HAAS for not getting him off the track in a safe place causing the VSC. He was out of the car and behind a wall before they finally threw it, conveniently after McLaren made their swap and Max was going to have a good run on piastri. Seeing what happened in Q2 in race quali, you have to wonder....