Max Verstappen carved through the Brazilian Grand Prix field from 21st to second, but the finish came with a question mark. After a botched start—he held the clutch wrong—Verstappen ripped past the midfield "almost every corner," quickly catching Lewis Hamilton and the top ten. Then the car turned on him.
The moment Red Bull bolted on slicks, Verstappen felt extreme oversteer through high-speed corners. "Night and day different," he said, comparing the first stint to everything after. Red Bull spotted rear downforce loss in the data but couldn't pin down whether something broke. Verstappen climbed out and immediately inspected the rear wing, hunting for damage.
Second from the back row is still Driver of the Day hardware, but Verstappen knows he left time on the table. "There was more in it if the car had been in good shape." For 2027, he has a simpler wish: skip the Interlagos penalty tradition and start up front.
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