Brazil Brings a Race Win and a Team Title
The race winner and championship-winning team were different.
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In this lesson: Explain success despite missing the podium.
Grammar in this story: Contrast after despite
despite neither driver finishing on the podium
Despite introduces a surprising contrast. Neither means not one of the two drivers.
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Explain why Mercedes could celebrate although Norris won for McLaren.
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Norris won the race for McLaren. Russell and Antonelli finished fourth and fifth, and those results were enough for Mercedes to secure the constructors’ championship without a podium.
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