1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve praised Lando Norris for being “above the remainder” throughout the Sao Paulo Grand Prix weekend.
Norris had a dominant weekend at Interlagos, changing pole positions in each races into victories.
This implies Norris is now 24 factors away from McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri with three rounds remaining.
Max Verstappen misplaced Q1 attributable to a set-up failure initially of the weekend, leaving him 49 factors behind.
Verstappen recovered sufficient to complete on the rostrum in Brazil, becoming a member of a particular membership of drivers to attain podiums from the pit lane.
The title went to Norris. He can afford to complete second in all remaining races to win the championship.
Villeneuve mirrored on the race on his Instagram account, praising Norris for avoiding errors all through the weekend.
“Though it wasn’t raining in São Paulo, it nonetheless made for an thrilling begin to the race and was really thrilling all the way in which to the top. As at all times right here, there may be some disruption,” he mentioned.
“Land was actually higher than the opposite guys. He ran for the championship this weekend and acquired as many factors as he may. He did not put his foot down. It was actually, actually good.”
Villeneuve talks about Antonelli and Verstappen
Kimi Antonelli additionally had a robust weekend for Mercedes, reaching their greatest results of the season to this point.
He secured second place on the grid in each races and completed within the prime two.
Within the first weekend of his rookie F1 season, he convincingly outperformed teammate George Russell.
“Antonelli was additionally very spectacular, staying forward of his teammates and never giving in to the stress,” added Villeneuve.
“So what about Verstappen? He got here again, pitted, began from an early puncture, acquired on the rostrum and nearly took second place.
“Very spectacular and saved our championship hopes alive. Very spectacular.”
