While Colapinto is attracting interest from Red Bull, the question remains as to where he would be placed should he end up joining the energy drinks company's roster.

According to rumours picked up over the Interlagos weekend, Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko sees Liam Lawson, who has made a strong return to F1 since the United States GP, as Verstappen's team-mate in 2025.

In this scenario, an RB seat would be available for Colapinto alongside Yuki Tsunoda.

However, speculation suggests Horner's plan would be different, as he would prefer to promote Colapinto directly to Red Bull alongside Verstappen, in which case Lawson would be heading for his first full season in F1 at RB.

Horner would be interested in this scenario in order to maximise the financial potential of Colapinto, whose popularity has exploded in Argentina and throughout Central and South America.

The move would not be without risk, however, given Colapinto's limited experience.

Horner's vision also would not support the work of the Red Bull Junior Team, a programme that was once flourishing but has stalled in recent years.

For Marko, the possibility of promoting Lawson represents a return to the process that ensured the team was able to draw successfully from its own pool of young drivers.

Placing Colapinto alongside Verstappen after four seasons in which the role was held by Perez would be a blow to the junior programme, and Red Bull would find itself in the situation of locking its youngsters into RB for the fifth consecutive season.

Why not have the entire #F1 schedule be a bunch of stupid Tilkedromes while the European races diminish until there are 3 slots left for all of them to rotate over? The fans will surely love that the sport is getting richer and richer. Yep, that is what will happen, obviously.

I am deeply thankful that Liberty brought F1 into the 21st Century, but their "money is all that matters" attitude towards where to race might be worse than CVC's.

statements here

"There was no Dutch media in the post race press conference either… By my count there was one French journalist. Four Brazilian journalists, Tom Clarkson (host) , the tv camera operator and me"

Verstappen had called out the "british media" for not attending the post race conference in Brazil.

Presentation about F1 lighting starts at around 7:11

This webinar was organized by Signify, makers of lighting equipment. DZ Engineering srl is a system integrator that installs and removes the lighting at a couple of circuits, including Las Vegas.

https://x.com/ChrisMedlandF1/status/1853207295653536002

ROUND 21: 🇧🇷 Brazil

FORMULA 1 LENOVO GRANDE PRÊMIO DE SÃO PAULO 2024

Circuit stats

• Circuit name: Autódromo José Carlos Pace
• First Grand Prix: 1973
• Number of laps: 71
• Circuit Length: 4.309 km
• Race Distance: 305.879 km
• Lap record: 1:10.540 Valtteri Bottas (2018)
• 2023 winner: Max Verstappen

Track Map

ROUND 21: 🇧🇷 Brazil

FORMULA 1 LENOVO GRANDE PRÊMIO DE SÃO PAULO 2024

Circuit stats

• Circuit name: Autódromo José Carlos Pace
• First Grand Prix: 1973
• Number of laps: 71
• Circuit Length: 4.309 km
• Race Distance: 305.879 km
• Lap record: 1:10.540 Valtteri Bottas (2018)
• 2023 winner: Max Verstappen

Track Map

Source: https://x.com/WilliamsRacing/status/1853082366023012717

No further action for Tsunoda leaving the grid during the aborted start.

The wording suggests Norris won't get the same outcome, though

https://x.com/ChrisMedlandF1/status/1853206846925864998

So I have been listening to the radio surrounding the aborted start. McLaren fucked up with both cars and asked them to pull away. Same with Mercedes, VCARB and Haas. Alpine gave the correct instructions to wait and switch off and followed the rules to the T but then were forced to go because the others in front went. Same as Alpine for all the remaining teams (Red Bull, Ferrari, Aston, Williams and Sauber).

Frankly the McLarens, Mercs, VCARBs and Haases should be penalized.

via /u/Dexelele on the bad site

In the replay you can see him restarting the car over and over again and trying to get back on the track. The car even moves back and forth the whole time while he tries to reverse and turn around.

When asked about it in the interview with Sky Germany, Stroll said that he didn't know the car was as damaged as it was and was trying to continue.

Apparently, that's why the red flag took so long.

Sky Germany showed the full replay of him trying over and over again, did anyone manage to grab the replay of that?