Tears, relief, criticism – the voices about the Brazil sprint

16 overtaking maneuvers in 24 laps – Lewis Hamilton made his way through the field of drivers on Saturday as if unleashed. Due to his disqualification due to a technical violation, he had to start the sprint from last place on the grid. Thanks to his new power unit, he was able to access more power than his competitors. Despite the push, the dominance of his Mercedes was surprising.

“I had no idea what was possible. Standing back there, I thought to myself that maybe I can finish tenth. “I’m really grateful to have finished fifth,” said the seven-time world champion after the sprint race. Because of his grid penalty due to his engine change, Hamilton will only start the race from 10th place on Sunday. However, the Mercedes driver is fighting: “It will be hard, but I am in a much better position than today. But that will be more difficult in warmer conditions and further ahead tomorrow.” Tears from Mazepin – Wolff feels treated unfairly A little further back, Nikita Mazepin is still under pressure in the Haas team duel. The Russian once again had to settle for last place and was well behind his teammate Mick Schumacher.

On Friday he expressed his frustration after his disappointing qualifying: “The guys did a really good job, I couldn’t drive in the simulator here either. Yes, I screwed up..." then Mazepin had to fight back his tears. This shows the pressure the Haas driver is currently exposed to. Has to prove himself in Formula 1: Nikita Mazepin. © ANSA / JOSE MENDEZ

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff saw the DRS affair surrounding Hamilton's car as an affront. In the past, such offenses were not immediately brought to the attention of the stewards. Rather, they would have pointed out any errors or violations to each other and asked them to put them right.

Therefore, he met Red Bull with a declaration of war: “We will now take a closer look at the others and look at every single tape. I can promise that we will ask a lot of questions in the next races. There used to be something like a gentlemen's agreement. But there are obviously no gentlemen left.”

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Tears, relief, criticism – the voices about the Brazil sprint

After Saturday's sprint race there was a lot to talk about. The investigations against Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton and the subsequent punishments were a topic of conversation. But there were also interesting insights beyond the two superstars.

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