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From last place, in a desperate position,

launched a desperate attack at Interlagos. 24 laps were enough for him to climb 15 positions. "This is not over yet," warned the seven-time champion after crossing the finish line in fifth place. On Sunday, however, he will start tenth, due to the changes made to his engine, although no one should rule him out for the fight for the podium. Just in case,

will keep an eye on your mirrors. The leader of the World Cup part second, behind

, author in Sao Paulo of his fourth

of the season.

The explosiveness of the soft tires was essential for Bottas at the start. Also for

, with a splendid traction, with which he passed

and

in the first meters

, to get behind Verstappen. Not satisfied, Carlos demanded the maximum in turn 4, where they both arrived wheel to wheel. At that time, the leader of the World Championship had problems in the synchronization of his marches and lost the line.

The second place seemed like a treasure for the Madrilenian, always comfortable in Interlagos, the track where in 2019 he climbed to the podium for the first time.

The blow of reality, however, would not be long in coming for him, since Verstappen could not afford to hesitate.

At the end of the straight, on lap four,

passed him with ease.

Holding Pérez

Since then, Carlos' main aspiration was to take care of his soft tires in the face of Pérez's push.

"There are six laps left and his tires are going to suffer," explained

, the Mexican's track engineer.

Of course, those minutes were eternal for Sainz, but his proverbial consistency paid off again.

That third place on the grid may be a preview of his fourth podium of the season.

Bottas also had to get used to the degradation of the red footwear, who took the head at the first corner and never let go of it again.

With Verstappen less than two seconds from his rear wing, at times in the DRS zone, the Finn solved his work with note.

None of this would have been possible, logically, if Verstappen had not decided to save his best tricks for Sunday.

21 deficit points

After these two bonus points, he now has a 21 advantage over Hamilton, who needs another ride of the same style to continue dreaming of the World Cup.

The ease with which he overtook rivals such as

,

,

or

, not by sight a thousand times, is less terrifying.

Alonso, who in the morning free session had set the best time, could not oppose him against the seven-time champion.

At the beginning he had already lost his place to

or

and in the second lap he was involved in an incident with the Alfa Romeos, which clashed with each other unfortunately for

, touched and sunk.

The strategy of his engineers, with the intermediate compound, did not facilitate the task at all and the twelfth place in the goal left everyone with a poker face at Alpine.

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