Round 21 · 2022Sprint

São Paulo Grand Prix

São Paulo, Brazil11–13 Nov

Practice 1
Fri 15:30
Data published
track 49° ·air 24° ·70% hum ·6.1 km/h wind
Qualifying
Fri 19:00
Data published
track 27° ·air 19° ·94% hum ·4.0 km/h windwet
Practice 2
Sat 15:30
Data published
track 50° ·air 26° ·56% hum ·4.1 km/h wind
Sprint
Sat 19:30
Data published
track 35° ·air 23° ·71% hum ·6.5 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Grand Prix
Sun 18:00
Data published
track 48° ·air 23° ·75% hum ·4.7 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	RUS	Mercedes	1	—	1:38:34.044	26
2	HAM	Mercedes	2	—	+1.529	18
3	SAI	Ferrari	7	4	+4.051	15
4	LEC	Ferrari	5	1	+8.441	12
5	ALO	Alpine	17	12	+9.561	10
6	VER	Red Bull Racing	3	3	+10.056	8
7	PER	Red Bull Racing	4	3	+14.080	6
8	OCO	Alpine	16	8	+18.690	4
9	BOT	Alfa Romeo	14	5	+22.552	2
10	STR	Aston Martin	15	5	+23.552	1
11	VET	Aston Martin	9	2	+26.183
12	ZHO	Alfa Romeo	13	1	+29.325
13	MSC	Haas F1 Team	12	1	+29.899
14	GAS	AlphaTauri	10	4	+31.867
15	ALB	Williams	19	4	+36.016
16	LAT	Williams	18	2	+37.038
17	TSU	AlphaTauri	—	—	+1 Lap
18	NOR	McLaren	6	12	Gearbox
19	MAG	Haas F1 Team	8	11	Collision
20	RIC	McLaren	11	9	Collision

Sprint result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	RUS	Mercedes	3	2	30:11.307	8
2	SAI	Ferrari	5	3	+3.995	7
3	HAM	Mercedes	8	5	+4.492	6
4	VER	Red Bull Racing	2	2	+10.494	5
5	PER	Red Bull Racing	9	4	+11.855	4
6	LEC	Ferrari	10	4	+13.133	3
7	NOR	McLaren	4	3	+25.624	2
8	MAG	Haas F1 Team	1	7	+28.768	1
9	VET	Aston Martin	13	4	+30.218
10	GAS	AlphaTauri	12	2	+34.170
11	RIC	McLaren	14	3	+39.395
12	MSC	Haas F1 Team	20	8	+41.159
13	ZHO	Alfa Romeo	17	4	+41.763
14	BOT	Alfa Romeo	18	4	+42.338
15	TSU	AlphaTauri	19	4	+50.306
16	STR	Aston Martin	15	1	+50.700
17	OCO	Alpine	6	11	+51.756
18	ALO	Alpine	7	11	+53.985
19	LAT	Williams	16	3	+76.850
20	ALB	Williams	11	9	Retired

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	MAG	1:13.954	1:11.410	1:11.674
2	VER	1:13.625	1:10.881	1:11.877	+0.203
3	RUS	1:14.427	1:11.318	1:12.059	+0.385
4	NOR	1:13.106	1:11.377	1:12.263	+0.589
5	SAI	1:14.680	1:10.890	1:12.357	+0.683
6	OCO	1:14.663	1:11.587	1:12.425	+0.751
7	ALO	1:13.542	1:11.394	1:12.504	+0.830
8	HAM	1:13.403	1:11.539	1:12.611	+0.937
9	PER	1:13.613	1:11.456	1:15.601	+3.927
10	LEC	1:14.486	1:10.950	—	+-0.724
11	ALB	1:14.324	1:11.631	—	+-0.043
12	GAS	1:14.371	1:11.675	—	+0.001
13	VET	1:13.597	1:11.678	—	+0.004
14	RIC	1:14.931	1:12.140	—	+0.466
15	STR	1:14.398	1:12.210	—	+0.536
16	LAT	1:15.095	—	—	+3.421
17	ZHO	1:15.197	—	—	+3.523
18	BOT	1:15.486	—	—	+3.812
19	TSU	1:16.264	—	—	+4.590
20	MSC	1:16.361	—	—	+4.687

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:11.853run 1:15.978

Qualifying1:10.881−0.972

Practice 21:14.604+3.723run 1:17.587

Sprint1:14.233−0.371run 1:17.104

Grand Prix1:13.785−0.448run 1:17.468

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

20221:11.853run 1:16.818

20211:09.050−2.803run 1:14.775

20191:08.320−3.533run 1:14.334

20181:07.948−3.905run 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 11 Nov, 15:30 UTCFastestPER1:11.853

Single-lap pace

PER1:11.853—29 laps

LEC1:11.857+0.00431 laps

VER1:11.861+0.00828 laps

SAI1:12.039+0.18630 laps

HAM1:12.040+0.18725 laps

RUS1:12.055+0.20224 laps

VET1:12.157+0.30430 laps

MSC1:12.314+0.46127 laps

BOT1:12.466+0.61331 laps

GAS1:12.467+0.61432 laps

ALO1:12.554+0.70125 laps

ALB1:12.633+0.78029 laps

OCO1:12.705+0.85230 laps

STR1:12.759+0.90626 laps

NOR1:12.955+1.10228 laps

MAG1:12.997+1.14425 laps

LAT1:13.019+1.16632 laps

ZHO1:13.115+1.26230 laps

TSU1:13.347+1.49432 laps

RIC1:13.359+1.50628 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
SAI	M	6*	1:14.009	—	±1.310	—
LEC	M	5*	1:14.168	+0.159	±1.096	—
RUS	M	8	1:15.204	+1.195	±0.350	−0.035s
HAM	M	9	1:15.360	+1.351	±0.404	−0.018s
OCO	H	9	1:15.628	+1.619	±0.824	+0.143s
BOT	M	8	1:15.696	+1.687	±1.087	+0.284s
ALO	H	7*	1:15.834	+1.825	±0.562	—
GAS	H	7*	1:15.933	+1.924	±0.508	—
NOR	H	7*	1:15.978	+1.969	±0.449	—
MAG	H	6*	1:15.980	+1.971	±0.548	—
ZHO	M	9	1:16.193	+2.184	±0.902	+0.248s
ALB	M	7*	1:16.287	+2.278	±0.665	—
MSC	H	6*	1:16.361	+2.352	±0.741	—
VER	S	8	1:16.508	+2.499	±0.447	+0.152s
RIC	H	9	1:16.577	+2.568	±0.835	+0.107s
PER	S	11	1:16.848	+2.839	±0.601	+0.154s
LAT	M	7*	1:17.565	+3.556	±0.334	—

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
PER	18.356	36.773	16.645	1:11.774	1:11.853	0.079
LEC	18.430	36.455	16.909	1:11.794	1:11.857	0.063
VER	18.294	36.852	16.715	1:11.861	1:11.861	0.000
SAI	18.359	36.743	16.870	1:11.972	1:12.039	0.067
RUS	18.360	36.809	16.857	1:12.026	1:12.055	0.029
HAM	18.340	37.053	16.647	1:12.040	1:12.040	0.000
VET	18.432	36.858	16.798	1:12.088	1:12.157	0.069
GAS	18.481	37.016	16.727	1:12.224	1:12.467	0.243
MSC	18.413	37.061	16.840	1:12.314	1:12.314	0.000
BOT	18.525	36.922	16.911	1:12.358	1:12.466	0.108
ALB	18.388	37.163	16.895	1:12.446	1:12.633	0.187
ALO	18.505	37.145	16.890	1:12.540	1:12.554	0.014
MAG	18.475	37.175	16.939	1:12.589	1:12.997	0.408
STR	18.480	37.167	16.964	1:12.611	1:12.759	0.148
OCO	18.533	37.342	16.830	1:12.705	1:12.705	0.000
LAT	18.513	37.466	16.932	1:12.911	1:13.019	0.108
NOR	18.562	37.389	16.988	1:12.939	1:12.955	0.016
ZHO	18.808	37.353	16.910	1:13.071	1:13.115	0.044
TSU	18.602	37.660	16.997	1:13.259	1:13.347	0.088
RIC	18.630	37.524	17.110	1:13.264	1:13.359	0.095

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+0.598(9 drivers ran both)

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

Red Bull RacingPERahead of VER+0.008

FerrariLECahead of SAI+0.182

MercedesHAMahead of RUS+0.015

Aston MartinVETahead of STR+0.602

Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAG+0.683

Alfa RomeoBOTahead of ZHO+0.649

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.880

AlpineALOahead of OCO+0.151

WilliamsALBahead of LAT+0.386

McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.404

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

Stints and compounds

PER443315

LEC57397

VER463312

SAI553107

HAM123253

RUS114333

VET110865

MSC91764

BOT155335

GAS148613

ALO1258

ALB101810

OCO1578

STR185210

NOR1477

MAG91573

LAT510188

ZHO153336

TSU874364

RIC1477

SSoftMMediumHHard

Practice 2

Sat 12 Nov, 15:30 UTCFastestOCO1:14.604

Single-lap pace

OCO1:14.604—28 laps

PER1:14.788+0.18436 laps

RUS1:14.916+0.31231 laps

ALO1:15.049+0.44529 laps

VER1:15.098+0.49430 laps

HAM1:15.137+0.53333 laps

GAS1:15.636+1.03232 laps

MSC1:15.684+1.08040 laps

MAG1:15.815+1.21138 laps

NOR1:15.851+1.24725 laps

SAI1:15.856+1.25238 laps

TSU1:15.865+1.26132 laps

LEC1:15.868+1.26437 laps

RIC1:15.994+1.39028 laps

BOT1:16.047+1.44334 laps

LAT1:16.181+1.57734 laps

STR1:16.263+1.65943 laps

VET1:16.400+1.79644 laps

ZHO1:16.468+1.86437 laps

SAR1:16.480+1.87628 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
PER	S	14	1:16.545	—	±0.940	+0.157s
OCO	S	14	1:16.638	+0.093	±0.903	+0.174s
SAI	S	13	1:16.660	+0.115	±0.445	+0.091s
HAM	S	18	1:16.818	+0.273	±0.783	+0.130s
RIC	S	9	1:17.033	+0.488	±0.714	+0.233s
RUS	H	13	1:17.083	+0.538	±0.584	+0.139s
GAS	S	12	1:17.152	+0.607	±0.797	+0.182s
LEC	S	16	1:17.163	+0.618	±0.604	+0.095s
VER	H	11	1:17.449	+0.904	±0.449	+0.103s
VET	S	15	1:17.510	+0.965	±0.535	+0.114s
BOT	M	7*	1:17.663	+1.118	±0.611	—
TSU	S	13	1:17.716	+1.171	±0.848	+0.195s
MSC	S	14	1:17.718	+1.173	±1.165	+0.206s
STR	S	13	1:17.761	+1.216	±0.839	+0.177s
ZHO	S	20	1:17.788	+1.243	±0.836	+0.137s
NOR	S	15	1:17.864	+1.319	±0.641	+0.094s
ALO	S	15	1:18.038	+1.493	±0.908	+0.172s
MAG	S	17	1:18.120	+1.575	±0.812	+0.141s
LAT	S	14	1:18.765	+2.220	±0.993	+0.186s
SAR	M	11	1:19.220	+2.675	±0.961	+0.179s

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
HAM	19.312	38.144	17.005	1:14.461	1:15.137	0.676
OCO	19.022	38.332	17.250	1:14.604	1:14.604	0.000
PER	19.265	38.316	17.151	1:14.732	1:14.788	0.056
RUS	19.254	38.199	17.282	1:14.735	1:14.916	0.181
ALO	19.245	38.473	17.331	1:15.049	1:15.049	0.000
VER	19.323	38.265	17.474	1:15.062	1:15.098	0.036
SAI	19.367	38.600	17.396	1:15.363	1:15.856	0.493
MSC	19.469	38.535	17.562	1:15.566	1:15.684	0.118
NOR	19.458	38.686	17.423	1:15.567	1:15.851	0.284
GAS	19.484	38.677	17.466	1:15.627	1:15.636	0.009
RIC	19.593	38.554	17.529	1:15.676	1:15.994	0.318
TSU	19.389	38.799	17.524	1:15.712	1:15.865	0.153
BOT	19.531	38.541	17.644	1:15.716	1:16.047	0.331
LEC	19.391	38.834	17.546	1:15.771	1:15.868	0.097
MAG	19.571	38.681	17.559	1:15.811	1:15.815	0.004
LAT	19.435	39.180	17.566	1:16.181	1:16.181	0.000
ZHO	19.583	38.935	17.699	1:16.217	1:16.468	0.251
STR	19.496	39.073	17.657	1:16.226	1:16.263	0.037
VET	19.452	39.265	17.637	1:16.354	1:16.400	0.046
SAR	19.532	39.302	17.612	1:16.446	1:16.480	0.034

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+0.357(14 drivers ran both)H+1.065(5 drivers ran both)

Team-mates, head to head

AlpineOCOahead of ALO+0.445

Red Bull RacingPERahead of VER+0.310

MercedesRUSahead of HAM+0.221

AlphaTauriGASahead of TSU+0.229

Haas F1 TeamMSCahead of MAG+0.131

McLarenNORahead of RIC+0.143

FerrariSAIahead of LEC+0.012

Alfa RomeoBOTahead of ZHO+0.421

WilliamsLATahead of SAR+0.299

Aston MartinSTRahead of VET+0.137

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

Stints and compounds

OCO9163

PER114120

RUS121153

ALO11873

VER114114

HAM10203

GAS1511213

MSC2020

MAG17120

NOR1843

SAI11161163

TSU14153

LEC121123

RIC7129

BOT18101113

LAT1211173

STR11171617

VET11171618

ZHO111223

SAR1414

SSoftMMediumHHard