Round 19 · 2021Sprint

São Paulo Grand Prix

São Paulo, Brazil12–14 Nov

Practice 1
Fri 15:30
Data published
track 34° ·air 18° ·79% hum ·1.8 km/h wind
Qualifying
Fri 19:00
Data published
track 25° ·air 16° ·80% hum ·1.8 km/h wind
Practice 2
Sat 15:00
Data published
track 51° ·air 19° ·53% hum ·1.1 km/h wind
Sprint
Sat 19:30
Data published
track 35° ·air 17° ·66% hum ·1.8 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 17:00
Data published
track 52° ·air 23° ·61% hum ·1.4 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	HAM	Mercedes	10	9	1:32:22.851	25
2	VER	Red Bull Racing	2	—	+10.496	18
3	BOT	Mercedes	1	2	+13.576	15
4	PER	Red Bull Racing	4	—	+39.940	13
5	LEC	Ferrari	6	1	+49.517	10
6	SAI	Ferrari	3	3	+51.820	8
7	GAS	AlphaTauri	7	—	+1 Lap	6
8	OCO	Alpine	8	—	+1 Lap	4
9	ALO	Alpine	12	3	+1 Lap	2
10	NOR	McLaren	5	5	+1 Lap	1
11	VET	Aston Martin	9	2	+1 Lap
12	RAI	Alfa Romeo Racing	—	—	+1 Lap
13	RUS	Williams	17	4	+1 Lap
14	GIO	Alfa Romeo Racing	13	1	+1 Lap
15	TSU	AlphaTauri	15	—	+1 Lap
16	LAT	Williams	16	—	+1 Lap
17	MAZ	Haas F1 Team	19	2	+2 Laps
18	MSC	Haas F1 Team	18	—	+2 Laps
19	RIC	McLaren	11	8	Power loss
20	STR	Aston Martin	14	6	Collision damage

Sprint result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	BOT	Mercedes	2	1	29:09.559	3
2	VER	Red Bull Racing	1	1	+1.170	2
3	SAI	Ferrari	5	2	+18.723	1
4	PER	Red Bull Racing	3	1	+19.787
5	HAM	Mercedes	20	15	+20.872
6	NOR	McLaren	7	1	+22.558
7	LEC	Ferrari	6	1	+25.056
8	GAS	AlphaTauri	4	4	+34.158
9	OCO	Alpine	10	1	+34.632
10	VET	Aston Martin	11	1	+34.867
11	RIC	McLaren	8	3	+35.869
12	ALO	Alpine	9	3	+36.578
13	GIO	Alfa Romeo Racing	14	1	+41.880
14	STR	Aston Martin	15	1	+44.037
15	TSU	AlphaTauri	12	3	+46.150
16	LAT	Williams	16	—	+46.760
17	RUS	Williams	17	—	+47.739
18	RAI	Alfa Romeo Racing	13	5	+50.014
19	MSC	Haas F1 Team	18	1	+61.680
20	MAZ	Haas F1 Team	19	1	+67.474

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	HAM	1:08.733	1:08.068	1:07.934
2	VER	1:09.329	1:08.499	1:08.372	+0.438
3	BOT	1:09.040	1:08.426	1:08.469	+0.535
4	PER	1:09.172	1:08.973	1:08.483	+0.549
5	GAS	1:09.347	1:08.903	1:08.777	+0.843
6	SAI	1:09.046	1:09.031	1:08.826	+0.892
7	LEC	1:09.155	1:08.859	1:08.960	+1.026
8	NOR	1:09.365	1:09.030	1:08.980	+1.046
9	RIC	1:09.374	1:09.093	1:09.039	+1.105
10	ALO	1:09.391	1:09.137	1:09.113	+1.179
11	OCO	1:09.430	1:09.189	—	+1.255
12	VET	1:09.451	1:09.399	—	+1.465
13	TSU	1:09.350	1:09.483	—	+1.549
14	RAI	1:09.598	1:09.503	—	+1.569
15	GIO	1:09.342	1:10.227	—	+2.293
16	STR	1:09.663	—	—	+1.729
17	LAT	1:09.897	—	—	+1.963
18	RUS	1:09.953	—	—	+2.019
19	MSC	1:10.329	—	—	+2.395
20	MAZ	1:10.589	—	—	+2.655

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:09.050run 1:14.273

Qualifying1:07.934−1.116

Practice 21:11.238+3.304run 1:15.052

Sprint1:12.114+0.876run 1:14.634

Grand Prix1:11.010−1.104run 1:15.706

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

São Paulo in earlier seasons

20211:09.050run 1:14.775

20191:08.320−0.730run 1:14.334

20181:07.948−1.102run 1:14.089

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

Fri 12 Nov, 15:30 UTCFastestHAM1:09.050

Single-lap pace

HAM1:09.050—31 laps

VER1:09.417+0.36722 laps

PER1:09.492+0.44228 laps

BOT1:09.567+0.51730 laps

GAS1:09.880+0.83032 laps

SAI1:10.124+1.07431 laps

LEC1:10.142+1.09232 laps

OCO1:10.145+1.09527 laps

ALO1:10.201+1.15126 laps

STR1:10.352+1.30227 laps

TSU1:10.374+1.32433 laps

VET1:10.413+1.36328 laps

RAI1:10.443+1.39331 laps

GIO1:10.587+1.53731 laps

NOR1:10.610+1.56027 laps

MSC1:10.885+1.83527 laps

LAT1:10.902+1.85223 laps

RUS1:10.938+1.88824 laps

RIC1:10.990+1.94025 laps

MAZ1:11.342+2.29228 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
HAM	M	6*	1:12.727	—	±1.002	—
BOT	M	8	1:13.127	+0.400	±0.987	+0.218s
ALO	H	10	1:13.212	+0.485	±0.689	+0.023s
TSU	M	6*	1:13.263	+0.536	±0.256	—
SAI	H	8	1:13.369	+0.642	±0.340	−0.007s
LEC	H	9	1:13.497	+0.770	±0.369	+0.035s
GAS	M	7*	1:13.531	+0.804	±0.682	—
OCO	H	6*	1:13.579	+0.852	±0.428	—
VER	S	5*	1:14.147	+1.420	±0.177	—
MSC	M	6*	1:14.398	+1.671	±0.643	—
RUS	M	7*	1:14.519	+1.792	±0.683	—
RAI	H	9	1:14.674	+1.947	±0.410	−0.041s
PER	S	7*	1:14.698	+1.971	±0.454	—
NOR	M	8	1:15.036	+2.309	±0.589	−0.056s
RIC	M	7*	1:15.133	+2.406	±0.853	—
LAT	M	7*	1:15.223	+2.496	±0.582	—
GIO	H	11	1:15.312	+2.585	±0.560	−0.014s
MAZ	M	6*	1:15.707	+2.980	±0.697	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
HAM	17.643	35.187	16.220	1:09.050	1:09.050	0.000
VER	17.876	35.187	16.267	1:09.330	1:09.417	0.087
PER	17.909	35.353	16.230	1:09.492	1:09.492	0.000
BOT	17.866	35.395	16.302	1:09.563	1:09.567	0.004
GAS	17.950	35.573	16.357	1:09.880	1:09.880	0.000
OCO	18.066	35.637	16.267	1:09.970	1:10.145	0.175
LEC	17.833	35.792	16.384	1:10.009	1:10.142	0.133
SAI	17.774	35.793	16.447	1:10.014	1:10.124	0.110
ALO	18.058	35.753	16.311	1:10.122	1:10.201	0.079
TSU	18.133	35.726	16.447	1:10.306	1:10.374	0.068
STR	18.191	35.675	16.486	1:10.352	1:10.352	0.000
VET	18.083	35.787	16.543	1:10.413	1:10.413	0.000
RAI	17.977	36.019	16.445	1:10.441	1:10.443	0.002
GIO	18.001	36.231	16.355	1:10.587	1:10.587	0.000
NOR	18.052	36.183	16.375	1:10.610	1:10.610	0.000
MSC	18.007	36.099	16.546	1:10.652	1:10.885	0.233
RIC	18.157	36.114	16.575	1:10.846	1:10.990	0.144
LAT	18.317	36.031	16.554	1:10.902	1:10.902	0.000
RUS	18.207	36.266	16.465	1:10.938	1:10.938	0.000
MAZ	18.184	36.502	16.656	1:11.342	1:11.342	0.000

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.536(10 drivers ran both)Honly 2 drivers ran both — too few to price

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

MercedesHAMahead of BOT+0.517

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.075

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.494

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.018

AlpineOCOahead of ALO+0.056

Aston MartinSTRahead of VET+0.061

Alfa Romeo RacingRAIahead of GIO+0.144

McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.380

Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAZ+0.457

WilliamsLATahead of RUS+0.036

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

HAM5384362

VER8518

PER381619

BOT53101011

GAS9986

SAI1417234

LEC1419134

OCO10836

ALO1385

STR2287611

TSU10896

VET2298331

RAI131710

GIO141934

NOR104274

MSC1011177

LAT7106

RUS5991

RIC9583

MAZ1011178

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

Sat 13 Nov, 15:00 UTCFastestALO1:11.238

Single-lap pace

ALO1:11.238—23 laps

VER1:12.102+0.86426 laps

BOT1:12.355+1.11724 laps

OCO1:12.407+1.16926 laps

HAM1:12.741+1.50325 laps

PER1:12.903+1.66529 laps

GIO1:12.997+1.75937 laps

SAI1:13.078+1.84031 laps

LEC1:13.099+1.86133 laps

RAI1:13.355+2.11739 laps

STR1:13.426+2.18841 laps

RIC1:13.448+2.21025 laps

NOR1:13.581+2.34323 laps

GAS1:13.608+2.37032 laps

RUS1:13.615+2.37724 laps

TSU1:13.726+2.48838 laps

VET1:13.747+2.50942 laps

LAT1:14.025+2.78724 laps

MSC1:14.066+2.82840 laps

MAZ1:14.909+3.67137 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
VER	M	15	1:13.801	—	±0.575	+0.112s
OCO	S	10	1:14.158	+0.357	±0.636	+0.062s
PER	M	15	1:14.171	+0.370	±0.720	+0.115s
NOR	M	7*	1:14.202	+0.401	±0.375	—
GAS	S	12	1:14.342	+0.541	±0.299	+0.049s
VET	M	11	1:14.753	+0.952	±0.459	+0.126s
RUS	M	13	1:14.798	+0.997	±0.448	+0.082s
LAT	M	11	1:14.854	+1.053	±0.655	+0.169s
RAI	S	16	1:14.886	+1.085	±0.689	+0.119s
STR	S	10	1:14.969	+1.168	±0.742	+0.214s
GIO	S	16	1:15.135	+1.334	±0.725	+0.115s
BOT	S	11	1:15.262	+1.461	±0.497	+0.123s
TSU	S	20	1:15.269	+1.468	±0.461	+0.068s
ALO	M	9	1:15.340	+1.539	±0.408	+0.121s
HAM	S	11	1:15.362	+1.561	±0.273	+0.066s
LEC	S	13	1:15.688	+1.887	±0.606	+0.124s
SAI	M	7*	1:15.821	+2.020	±0.157	—
RIC	M	6*	1:15.934	+2.133	±0.251	—
MSC	M	14	1:17.643	+3.842	±0.951	+0.191s
MAZ	H	15	1:17.785	+3.984	±0.905	+0.159s

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
ALO	18.236	36.336	16.666	1:11.238	1:11.238	0.000
VER	18.571	36.554	16.883	1:12.008	1:12.102	0.094
BOT	18.617	36.791	16.878	1:12.286	1:12.355	0.069
OCO	18.593	36.856	16.904	1:12.353	1:12.407	0.054
PER	18.820	36.935	16.876	1:12.631	1:12.903	0.272
LEC	18.542	37.285	16.908	1:12.735	1:13.099	0.364
HAM	18.719	37.120	16.902	1:12.741	1:12.741	0.000
SAI	18.712	37.266	16.809	1:12.787	1:13.078	0.291
GIO	18.725	37.473	16.799	1:12.997	1:12.997	0.000
RIC	18.953	37.286	16.964	1:13.203	1:13.448	0.245
TSU	18.941	37.587	16.753	1:13.281	1:13.726	0.445
RAI	18.812	37.560	16.910	1:13.282	1:13.355	0.073
GAS	18.880	37.540	16.883	1:13.303	1:13.608	0.305
NOR	18.804	37.506	17.026	1:13.336	1:13.581	0.245
STR	18.963	37.400	17.040	1:13.403	1:13.426	0.023
VET	18.940	37.592	16.906	1:13.438	1:13.747	0.309
RUS	18.900	37.823	16.862	1:13.585	1:13.615	0.030
LAT	18.803	37.882	17.015	1:13.700	1:14.025	0.325
MSC	18.955	37.946	17.165	1:14.066	1:14.066	0.000
MAZ	19.220	38.332	17.280	1:14.832	1:14.909	0.077

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.077(11 drivers ran both)H+1.050(3 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

AlpineALOahead of OCO+1.169

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.801

MercedesBOTahead of HAM+0.386

Alfa Romeo RacingGIOahead of RAI+0.358

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.021

Aston MartinSTRahead of VET+0.321

McLarenRICahead of NOR+0.133

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.118

WilliamsRUSahead of LAT+0.410

Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAZ+0.843

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

ALO119111

VER16118

BOT111417

OCO91151

HAM11419

PER171191

GIO17119

SAI16911013

LEC1161132

RAI161202

STR22291111121

RIC11811814

NOR17111111

GAS141121121

RUS71115

TSU1132211

VET22211101113

LAT171114

MSC161212

MAZ1819

SSoftMMediumHHard