Let's address the foregone conclusion first: if proceedings at the Interlagos circuit on Sunday bear any correlation with a standard 2023 weekend, then Max Verstappen will win the Brazilian Grand Prix. The three-time world champion has won four of the six sprints this season and, of the three he won prior to this weekend, he converted all of them into a full grand prix win. Force majeure only would stop this becoming four.
Who stands alongside him on the podium, however, is a more open question. The interruption from Friday night's storm in Sao Paulo rather scattered the key contenders in Sunday's race throughout the top 10, if their individual bursts of pace from the sprint race is anything to go by. Resurgent forces have the opportunity to battle against those who have enjoyed greater fortunes over the more recent rounds, and could plausibly yield a box-office battle for glory... behind Verstappen, of course.
