Binotto: "Honda is not surprising" – F1 Team – Formula 1

Pole and victory for Max Verstappen in Brazil. The Dutchman had never managed to take home this' double 'between Saturday and Sunday (also because he didn't have much of a chance as Interlagos' second pole position in his career). Already a year ago on the San Paolo track the Red Bull had been decidedly competitive, only the contact with Esteban Ocon deprived Verstappen of a well deserved success. The change of power unit, from Renault to Honda, has not changed the cards on the table, on the contrary, the Red Bulls and the Toro Rosso have been very fast on the green-green ups and downs.

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In the race Verstappen defended the leadership at the start and then was able to overtake Lewis Hamilton on two occasions, a decidedly rare event. The Mercedes driver then failed to win the 'drag race' with Pierre Gasly, flanked at the exit from the Juncao and then faced wheel to the finish in a truly IndyCar-style sprint. A boosting confidence boost for the Honda, which has won three races this season also collecting two podiums with the Red Bull satellite team, the Toro Rosso.

Vettel: "Surprised by the Honda engine"

To the microphones of Sky Sports F1 HD the Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto did not want to move any suspicion on the speed of the Honda power unit after the words of Sebastian Vettel pronounced by the four-time world champion in the post-qualification press conference between the serious and the facetious also to respond to the accusations of Max Verstappen at the end of the Grand Prix of States US. "Red Bull with Max was still two or three tenths faster than us demonstrating that there is still work to be done – the words of the number one on the Ferrari wall – we filled a large part of the gap that existed at the beginning of the season but there is still work to be done. You win when you have faster and more reliable car. I think the car is progressing anyway. We are identifying weaknesses, this can bode well for next year. The Honda revolution? I don't explain it. I can't watch what they do. We can watch what we do. Their speeds were high here. To say surprising, however, is not fair to them ”.