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"I am quite happy with our performance today. We had shown competitive long-run pace on Friday and I knew that if we could hold position on lap one, we would be able to stay there and score points. We obviously benefited from the spin for Valtteri [Bottas], although it actually held me up a bit, and the damage to Daniel's [Ricciardo] car, but we managed to recover a position from [Antonio] Giovinazzi using the strategy. After that, I was on my own for most of the race with decent pace. It was a solid weekend by the team and I am pleased we could score some good points."

"Sebastian delivered a solid drive, with strong race pace, which allowed him to control his afternoon and score six points thanks to a fine seventh place. Starting at the back of the grid as a result of grid penalties triggered by power unit component changes, Lance drove a good race to 14th, the highlight of which was a beautiful overtake of [George] Russell's Williams around the outside of Turn One. From here we go straight to Interlagos, a superb racetrack that will be great to race on again after missing it last year owing to the pandemic."

It's a 1,200m run down to Turn One, where drivers hit speeds of 370km/h (230mph) before the quickfire right-left-right of Turns One to Three, often while holding off a rival's advances.

It's a similar story for the next section: a long straight broken up by another quick left-right, followed by the double-apex Turn Six.

The slow exit gives drivers a breather before the next challenge. Turns Seven to 11 swing from right to left at speeds of over 200km/h (136mph) without a moment's respite, like Suzuka's famous opening sector.