Home » F1, rain takes away Norris’ first victory: Hamilton takes advantage of it for triumph number 100. Bene Sainz third

F1, rain takes away Norris’ first victory: Hamilton takes advantage of it for triumph number 100. Bene Sainz third

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And it was rain. After a race that could have been promoted just because it was neither boring nor too stingy with overtaking, everything happened due to an expected, albeit late, heavy rain in the final. And so the two protagonists of the season, Hamilton and Verstappen, they find themselves first and second, it can be said undeservedly in front of Sainz.
Beyond the bitter outcome for many, too many, and the pat on the back “due” to Hamilton, as he updates his resume to the impressive amount of 100 wins, this grand prix should have celebrated McLaren and other young people as well.

However, as he was doing in the final laps, he would also have given a loud “blow” to Verstappen, who was falling too far behind for technical reasons. Perhaps, therefore, better this way: even if luck has kissed the best again, at least it has not upset the fight in the world championship, where Verstappen still has the advantage.

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If it was a good Sunday, it is due in particular to a completely new grid: the last test scheduled in September saw Norris on a pole on McLaren (now, against Hamilton, the record of the British rider is his. young man in the lead at the start of a grand prix), a second Sainz with Ferrari number 55 and an even more surprising third Russell with Williams. Hamilton only fourth while they have to start at the bottom, due to necessary penalties due to the installation of the fourth power unit of the season, Leclerc and above all Verstappen. Bottas instead penalized for the replacement of some parts, and also two other drivers for minor parts.

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Norris’s was a pole that says a lot to this championship. Another “shock”, no longer unprecedented, but certainly further confirmation of the maturation of McLaren. who returns to pole position after 171 “abstinence” races when in Brazil 2012 a certain Hamilton took the last time in the front row.

Sainz’s parable

The development of the race was therefore by no means taken for granted. From the opening shot, a great form of Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari was seen, mocking the poleman Norris. He tries to lengthen but fails, because after not even 9 laps you can already see that his car suffers a lot, too much from “graining”. Perhaps the downforce generated by the aerodynamic setup is not enough, so when this process is triggered then the degradation becomes uncontrollable at some point. A small consolation on lap 12, when Norris seems to take his distance, but on lap 13 he is passed and can no longer see him until the end.

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