Radio Rewind | 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix | Lenovo

Russell spun pit exit, Russell spun pit exit. What's happening, man? I don't know. Where am I? You're going to see this radio. And the Sao Paulo Grand Prix is underway. Great launch, Kimi Antonelli, world champions ahead of Lando Norris in the opening phase. Antonelli to the lead in Brazil. Lawson down the inside and Norris, he's up the second. Lawson gets by. Yeah, I saw him in front of me. Let's see. Yeah, we'll have a look at the front wing. We are P9. Start temperatures are rising. Mode 10. Mode 10. Currently P11. I don't know if you can hear me. Here he comes! Side by side with the Haas. And the two greats at the back have made their way to the middle of the pack. The car is getting quite oversteery. He slid there before, he slides there again and Max Verstappen gets by. And diff mid 6, diff mid 6. Rear is a go-go. Wider line 12. Diff mid plus one, brake shake plus one, wing it. It's just pull toggle at turn four, pull toggle at turn four, Piastri battling with Verstappen. Around the outside, using the karting line, finding the grip, Piastri refuses to yield. And Albon's still there as a roadblock ahead, go late on the brakes past them both, that's the only way now for Verstappen and it's what he does. Far behind now Verstappen, four and a half seconds and wide line is better in turn three. Outside line almost. Outside line, yeah. When you can, diff mid plus one. If I don't do something, don't remind me ten times, please. Thank you. Oh, Lawson's wide. Side line will become the inside line is the traction for Lando Norris, who takes second place in the Grand Prix. And their rear tyres getting close to overheating Behind you, Hajar. Update track conditions when you can. Update track conditions. It's fine. We're still in so far. Copy. He knows how to get from the back to the front, but this is at warp speed. There's another place. It's sixth position for Verstappen. Strat eight, please, Max. Strat eight. Group ahead, Lawson, Russell, Hadjar, Norris. Three seconds. It's not far from being slicks, mate. Still greasy, but it's drying up. I'm just falling behind at this rate. Are you guys listening? I'm falling behind. What position am I freaking falling back to? You are P13. P13, we copy you. And it's the right hand tyres are getting on the hotter side now. We can maybe save a bit in 11. I just wanted that thing. Is there more rain coming? I want to come in soon with some tyres, slick tyres. Understood. Can I come in now or not? Negative, negative. We are not in the crossover yet. We are monitoring. It is an overtaking montage in Interlagos. Now we go again to George Russell. This time he's improving to the podium places past Hadjar. Good job. Yeah, we're in a different championship. It's crazy. I don't know. Copy. Update track conditions when you can. Some people are talking about slick soon. Yeah, but not now. Car behind Piastri, one second. Hulkenberg is six behind you. Yeah, I'll let him go. Copy. Although there's still no rain expected. We are like, either this lap or the next lap, we're basically on the edge. Box, box, box. Box, box, box. Fastest middle sector of the Grand Prix for Hamilton. So Soft tyre looks fast, but the exit is still slippy. We're going to box this lap for Soft tyre, box this lap for Soft tyre. Silver D5 please, Silver D5. Confirmed. Now we hear the call for Lando Norris to come in, for George Russell to come in, and also for Isaac Hajar to come in as well. Push and hold boot on exit, it'll be portion on pit exit, that will still be wet. We'll be wet on pit exit. Enable blue magic. Down goes Russell! That's how easy it is to lose the car and he's in a nightmare position! Russell spun pit exit. Russell spun pit exit. Got Hulkenberg behind. Turned the front wing I think. Checked front wing. Looks okay at the moment. Looks okay. Okay. Stayed out the lap we did. He's in the pit lane now. Still be careful. Turn one, two, three. Cars have gone off there. Well, the gap has come down dramatically. There's Kimi Antonelli still with the race lead, but Norris has the tyres up and the gap has come down. It's just earlier brake, turn one, short turn, so. He's not talking, Jesus. Gap at 0.7 behind. Something weird with the cars. We are just lacking surface temp, should come in sector two this time. No, mate, it's suspension. Okay, standby. Everything looks okay, we'll continue to look. Okay, we need some purple sectors. Gap at 1.0. Yellow here, yellow here, double yellow here, double yellow here. All clear, all clear. There's a Hadjar car behind at 1.5. Vibration is okay. Offset flickered, boost available. Antonelli is deep, and Isaac Hadjar is through, fighting the car. But he's fought his way to second place. Offset back forward, you have to do that every lap, mate. It's not the end of the show. Please repeat. What the **** is this radio? Unfortunately that bit was clear, Max. I thought a bit too much braking turn ten of it. Yeah, I think that makes sense. So, normal grip conditions now, normal grip. Need to start thinking about opening up the diff, particularly diff mid. And now Verstappen, is there a gap? There is a gap, and he's through. Max Verstappen is now up 18 places in the Grand Prix. Okay, Kimi, let's go head down, refocus. Yeah, but there's a f***ing problem, man. Like, I can't turn on the next corner. Like, the car is steering by itself. Don't you feel it? No, we're not seeing anything. Let's have a flap up, Jay, then please, Max. All right, I can do this here. So, I don't know, four, five, six. And gain three, position six for more power. P9, Russell ahead, one second faster than him. Car behind Russell now is Hamilton, four seconds. Russell takes seventh place. Good job. Defensive move for Alex Albon means that he's compromised. He's off the road and Fernando Alonso is through. Albon will try and rejoin ahead of the Alpine. That was mega dangerous, I had to brake with Albon. Yeah, copy that, We're looking. Alex Albon, he's got good drive coming through four. Got unbelievable drive. I have no straight line speed, man. Alonso will not accept that. That's his move, and his move alone, Alonso takes it back. Yeah, Isaac, this is a team request. Do you want to let Max pass this lap? He has overtake into turn one, please. Okay. And if he can't get by Alonso, though, we stay like that. I'll come back to you, mate. I'll come back to you. Let's just stick with him, mate. Let's stick with him. Yeah, thank you. I mean, what's happening, man? I don't know. Where am I? I'll let you know. What do you mean you don't know? Where's North ahead of me? Am I being lapped? We are lapped. Yes, we are lapped. We have undercut Hülkenberg. If we lift at 14, we need to press boost again. George Russell to the inside. George Russell taking the place. Fifth position. Nice job. Hamilton up to ninth position. He has cleared Fernando Alonso. In position up ahead. Nah man, this is ridiculous. We are not in the same race as anyone else. Yeah, I know mate. You're doing very well, so we can do our best. Hülkenberg gets to the outside. Colapinto goes super defensive. We overdubbed against the track. Yes mate, we saw. We'll report that. It's obvious. Enrico, just for clarity, we believe you were pushed off track there by Colapinto. Is that what it was? Yeah, of course. If I don't jump out of the way, we're just gonna touch. We think when the heavier rain arrives, we'll be into condition. So we'll be heavier in two to three laps. OK. OK, starting to get a bit more wet now. Uh, give me a look, you call it, see if you think it's ready for inter. Completely wet. Understood, a couple of cars are fitting inters. We do think the rain is coming in two or three laps. Yes, let's put an inter on, please. Now. Oh, it's dry in here. Low grip conditions, low grip conditions. Just turn one, turn two, turn three, turn six a little bit. The middle sector's pretty reasonable. Strat 12 please, Strat 12. All the cars are fitting into. Just be safe. Box, box, box, box. Box from the inter. Going for position 7. Going for position 7. They have no choice now but to switch onto the intermediate tyres. Pressure pit stop and McLaren have their lead contender back into the race. We are boxing, we are boxing. Mercedes versus Red Bull, oh careful for the unsafe release, and reacting again, Antonelli pulls out of the way. Box, box. Going for position seven. Going for position seven. Come in, program. Timber. All right. Hi, you did say it was raining. I just, I thought I could keep going. I was fine on track. What's that say, man? Where am I now? I don't know. Noise. We need to let by Norris. We need to let Norris by. We are P9. We are racing the car behind. We need to let George through whilst we're building temp. Switching cars. We need to invert positions. Shit. Copy. I have very aggressive clipping, guys. What the f*** is going on? Engine 14, position 1. Guys, I think you f***ed up the front wing again. I can barely see it. It's a dream. Okay, that's Lindblad in practice and fighting Lindblad for points. Lindblad out there ahead, occupying the inside line. What's that launch through the corner like at Turn 5? Looks good! That was some slow at the trade. You can do it, Nico. Five laps to go. It's gonna be contact, and it is contact! And Charles Leclerc squeezes on the throttle, they're side by side. Keep it clean. Charles Leclerc will be debating about whether he should even take the place, and Lawson stays ahead. I don't think I would take the place there if I was Leclerc. Now Charles Leclerc is going around the outside, and Charles Leclerc is taking seventh position. Hey, Tom. What's going on today, man? Copy. And Lando Norris will go back to back in Brazil, in the wet, in the dry. He's P1. Norris wins the São Paulo Grand Prix. Well done, mate. Well done. Nicely done. Well done, guys. Well done. You all deserve it. You keep working hard. I'll try and deliver. Today we did. Thank you very much. Well done. Credit to you all. Let's keep it going, please. Let's keep the work up. Very well done mate. Zach must have done the right rain dance for his birthday last night. Oh yes, happy birthday Zachary. I know you love being called Zachary, so happy birthday Zachary. Mercedes are the world champions of 2026. Yeah, well done everybody. Great to see what we've achieved this year. I can see a lot, I hear a lot of happy people in the background. That is checkered flag. I mean I said within five seconds he's got to get done right. Perfect. He drove straight from the side. He will be investigated. We think the same, Liam. We think the same. Very good, Liam. Very, very good. Great car this weekend. Thank you. For the 14th time in Formula One, it's Lando Norris celebrating. Wow, racing in this part of the world. Action all the way to the end.