Verstappen's 2024 Interlagos charge voted best of three recoveries

Max Verstappen's 2024 drive from 17th to victory at Interlagos has been voted the best of his three São Paulo Grand Prix recoveries over the past three years, according to a RacingNews365 reader poll. He took 60.5 per cent of the vote. That race followed a five-place grid penalty for a sixth internal combustion engine, which dropped him to 17th after a red-flagged, rain-hit qualifying session. He gambled by staying out under a virtual safety car, benefited from a free tyre change when the race was red-flagged, and passed Esteban Ocon into Turn 1 at the restart to win.

This year's recovery from 21st to second took 29.2 per cent of the vote, placing it runner-up. Verstappen started at the back after Red Bull fitted a fifth power unit, turbocharger and exhaust, triggering a 30-place penalty. Last year's pit lane-to-third finish took 10.3 per cent, after a shock Q1 exit and a parc fermé breach that forced a pit lane start.