Whereas race winner Max Verstappen and polesitter Lando Norris have been in a position to break free on the entrance, the mid-pack was outlined by DRS trains and excessive ranges of lifting and coasting to manage tyre put on and temperatures.
All however three racers began the 24-lap Saturday race on delicate tyres, whereas the three medium runners (each Haas automobiles and Logan Sargeant of Williams) complained of equally dangerous put on come the midway level.
Main the complaints was Williams driver Alex Albon, who reckoned the tyres felt “horrible to drive” and that the laborious compound was unusable – he added that each components have been reoccurring options of hotter races.
After climbing 4 locations to fifteenth, he stated: “It appeared like a scrap all over the place. It was a sluggish race.
“The [degradation] is simply large. It feels horrible to drive, to be trustworthy.
“I believe everybody have to be horrible as a result of the tempo was truly not that dangerous however the racing did not really feel good for me. So, it’s robust.
“It feels prefer it’s an odd one as a result of clearly when you might have that a lot deg, you assume everybody ought to have simply gone on tougher tyres. However the laborious tyres are simply so dangerous round right here that it’s a must to use the delicate tyre as a result of they have the grip to start with.
“These tyres are simply not good. You need to handle them a lot.”
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Alex Albon, Williams FW45, Zhou Guanyu, Alfa Romeo C43, Logan Sargeant, Williams FW45
Albon reckoned this had additionally been the case in Mexico, Qatar, the USA and in qualifying.
He continued: “There’s plenty of deg, particularly once we get to hotter climates and difficult tracks with excessive deg. These outdated Tarmac tracks have a tendency to actually eat into the tyres.
“It seems like once we’re driving round, it is simply such a [management] race.
“It has been some time now that we have been on these tyres, so I do not assume a lot goes to vary.”
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Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W14, Sergio Perez, Purple Bull Racing RB19
Lewis Hamilton reckoned he had by no means beforehand skilled such excessive degradation on the Sao Paulo circuit, whereas AlphaTauri driver Daniel Ricciardo laid a number of the blame with the precise observe floor.
After ending ninth, the Australian stated: “The observe was tremendous bizarre, clearly with the tyres as effectively. This asphalt right here is dangerous. It sucks.”
However Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc reckoned the tyre woes had been consistent with earlier seasons. He stated: “It’s at all times been the case that in hotter races we’re struggling extra with overheating.
“So, I do not really feel prefer it’s significantly dangerous this 12 months in comparison with different years. It is fairly related.
“I have been struggling as a lot as I have been struggling in the previous few years when it comes to overheating and managing it. But it surely’s at all times the case.”
Extra reporting by Adam Cooper
