However, the Mercedes driver noted that the task would be exceptionally difficult, as he expects Verstappen’s Red Bull to once more be on top at Interlagos. The world champion trails Verstappen by 19 points with 107 still available from the final four races. They have a strong car, they have the strongest car you can tell. Verstappen, who won the last time the race was held here in 2019, insisted he was taking nothing for granted having seen a 32-point lead disappear earlier in the season. “In four races a lot of things can happen,” he said. I had a bigger lead in the championship and that disappeared in two races. “It’s a harder car to optimise, some weekends it works some weekends it doesn’t.”.

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