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This beast is actually road-legal.

Design errors have left the team’s W14 car well off the pace – and Lewis Hamilton believes Red Bull will dominate for ‘the next couple of years’

Max Verstappen returned to sprint winning ways at the final such shorter event of 2023, following up his Austin sprint vicory, after his surprise defeat to Oscar Piastri in the Qatar weekend’s first race. In Brazil, Verstappen quickly overcame the other McLaren of Lando Norris to earn his fourth sprint…

This pitched him into the barrier, and despite his best efforts to get the car going again, he was unable to do so.

There was optimism at Mercedes after two promising results, but the weekend in Sao Paulo was a write-off

Off the back of competitive showings in the United States and Mexico, and returning to the scene of its 2022 triumph, Mercedes had hoped for another strong outing at Interlagos.

Max Verstappen won the Brazilian Grand Prix, with Sergio Perez of Red Bull finishing fourth and nearly taking the podium position from Fernando Alonso. Lando Norris of McLaren was second, while Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes was fifth

Hamilton jumped the Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso at the start to briefly run third, but thereafter he slid down the order, complaining at one point that even with his DRS open he couldn't challenge the car ahead.

Hamilton and Russell started fifth and eighth, and took up third and sixth on the restart after a red flag for a start crash.

Daniel Ricciardo escapes injury after his car is struck by a flying tire

The world champion-elect had been able to successfully convert pole position into a win to double up on his sprint race triumph from Saturday, having beaten Norris once again in an initially close-fought contest that eventually led to the two drivers diverging.