Race · Round 19 of 22 · 14 November 2021

2021 Sao Paulo Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 10th on the grid at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos). 2 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Sir Lewis Hamilton set a new record of 101 championship Grand Prix wins.

Dry · High of 22 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)Sao Paulo, Brazil
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Valtteri Bottas
Fastest qualifier: Max Verstappenstarted 2, the grid set by the sprint
Fastest lap: Sergio Perez
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W12	10	71	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	2	71	Finished	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W12	1	71	Finished	15
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB16B	4	71	Finished	13	fastest lap
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF21	6	71	Finished	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF21	3	71	Finished	8
7	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	7	70	Finished	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A521	8	70	Finished	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	A521	12	70	Finished	2
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL35M	5	70	Finished	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	AMR21	9	70	Finished	0
12	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C41	PL	70	Finished	0
13	George Russell	Williams	FW43B	17	70	Finished	0
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C41	13	70	Finished	0
15	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT02	15	70	Finished	0
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	FW43B	16	70	Finished	0
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	19	69	Finished	0
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	VF-21	18	69	Finished	0
DNF	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	MCL35M	11	49	Power loss	0
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR21	14	47	Collision damage	0

F1DB layout interlagos-2 · 4.309 km · 15 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	10	1	71
Max Verstappen	2	2	71
Valtteri Bottas	1	3	71
Sergio Perez	4	4	71
Charles Leclerc	6	5	71
Carlos Sainz	3	6	71
Pierre Gasly	7	7	70
Esteban Ocon	8	8	70
Fernando Alonso	12	9	70
Lando Norris	5	10	70
Sebastian Vettel	9	11	70
Kimi Raikkonen	PL	12	70
George Russell	17	13	70
Antonio Giovinazzi	13	14	70
Yuki Tsunoda	15	15	70
Nicholas Latifi	16	16	70
Nikita Mazepin	19	17	69
Mick Schumacher	18	18	69
Daniel Ricciardo	11	DNF	49
Lance Stroll	14	DNF	47

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:09.329	1:08.499	1:08.372	+0.438	28 m	+0.438
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:09.040	1:08.426	1:08.469	+0.535	34 m	+0.097
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:09.172	1:08.973	1:08.483	+0.549	35 m	+0.014
4	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:09.347	1:08.903	1:08.777	+0.843	53 m	+0.294
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:09.046	1:09.031	1:08.826	+0.892	57 m	+0.049
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:09.155	1:08.859	1:08.960	+1.026	65 m	+0.134
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:09.365	1:09.030	1:08.980	+1.046	66 m	+0.020
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:09.374	1:09.093	1:09.039	+1.105	70 m	+0.059
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:09.391	1:09.137	1:09.113	+1.179	75 m	+0.074
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:09.430	1:09.189	—	—	71 m	—
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:09.451	1:09.399	—	—	84 m	—
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:09.350	1:09.483	—	—	90 m	—
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:09.598	1:09.503	—	—	91 m	—
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:09.342	1:10.227	—	—	137 m	—
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:09.663	—	—	—	58 m	—
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:09.897	—	—	—	73 m	—
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:09.953	—	—	—	76 m	—
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:10.329	—	—	—	100 m	—
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:10.589	—	—	—	116 m	—
DSQ	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:08.733	1:08.068	1:07.934	—	0 m	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Sprint

Sprint
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Out	Gap	Points
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	2	24	Finished	—	3
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	24	Finished	+1.170	2
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	5	24	Finished	+18.723	1
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	3	24	Finished	+19.787	0
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	20	24	Finished	+20.872	0
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	7	24	Finished	+22.558	0
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6	24	Finished	+25.056	0
8	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	4	24	Finished	+34.158	0
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	10	24	Finished	+34.632	0
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	11	24	Finished	+34.867	0
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	8	24	Finished	+35.869	0
12	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	9	24	Finished	+36.578	0
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	14	24	Finished	+41.880	0
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	15	24	Finished	+44.037	0
15	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	12	24	Finished	+46.150	0
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	16	24	Finished	+46.760	0
17	George Russell	Williams	17	24	Finished	+47.739	0
18	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	13	24	Finished	+50.014	0
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	18	24	Finished	+1:01.680	0
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	19	24	Finished	+1:07.474	0

A sprint is a separate, shorter race held on the grand prix weekend, with its own grid and its own points — and those points count towards the championship. The grid column is the sprint grid, not the grand prix one.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	71	4	7, 8, 26, 43	17.9, 18.7, 22.7, 22.7
Max Verstappen	2	71	4	7, 8, 27, 40	17.9, 17.8, 22.7, 22.8
Valtteri Bottas	3	71	4	7, 8, 30, 41	17.9, 17.8, 23.3, 22.9
Sergio Perez	4	71	5	7, 8, 28, 42, 69	18.3, 18.1, 23.2, 22.7, 22.9
Charles Leclerc	5	71	4	7, 8, 27, 52	17.9, 17.8, 22.7, 23.1
Carlos Sainz	6	71	4	7, 8, 26, 53	18.5, 18.4, 23.3, 22.7
Pierre Gasly	7	70	4	7, 8, 25, 51	19.4, 18.6, 23.1, 23.0
Esteban Ocon	8	70	3	7, 8, 30	19.3, 17.8, 23.5
Fernando Alonso	9	70	3	7, 8, 34	17.8, 17.7, 24.4
Lando Norris	10	70	5	1, 6, 7, 8, 37	27.3, 17.7, 17.7, 19.2, 24.2
Sebastian Vettel	11	70	4	7, 8, 28, 55	18.1, 17.9, 24.5, 23.0
Kimi Raikkonen	12	70	4	7, 8, 28, 52	18.3, 18.8, 23.5, 22.7
George Russell	13	70	4	6, 7, 8, 41	23.0, 20.8, 18.2, 23.1
Antonio Giovinazzi	14	70	4	7, 8, 29, 42	17.7, 17.9, 23.6, 22.8
Yuki Tsunoda	15	70	5	4, 6, 7, 8, 39	31.9, 17.8, 17.7, 18.5, 35.4
Nicholas Latifi	16	70	4	7, 8, 13, 39	18.2, 18.8, 22.9, 23.0
Nikita Mazepin	17	69	3	7, 8, 34	18.0, 18.5, 23.5
Mick Schumacher	18	69	5	7, 8, 11, 29, 61	17.9, 18.6, 41.2, 25.6, 24.6
Daniel Ricciardo	DNF	49	3	7, 8, 30	19.7, 18.3, 22.8
Lance Stroll	DNF	47	3	7, 8, 22	17.9, 17.9, 25.0

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Max Verstappen · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 10	2 · 1	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places
Sebastian Vettel · Sir Lewis Hamilton	9 · 10	11 · 1	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Max Verstappen	1 · 2	3 · 2	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Carlos Sainz	2 · 3	2 · 6	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sergio Perez	1 · 4	3 · 4	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Sergio Perez	3 · 4	6 · 4	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places
Sergio Perez · Charles Leclerc	4 · 6	4 · 5	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Lando Norris	4 · 5	4 · 10	7 · 1	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Charles Leclerc	3 · 6	6 · 5	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Charles Leclerc	5 · 6	10 · 5	1 · 7	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Charles Leclerc · Pierre Gasly	6 · 7	5 · 7	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Pierre Gasly	3 · 7	6 · 7	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Esteban Ocon	7 · 8	7 · 8	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Fernando Alonso	8 · 12	8 · 9	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Sebastian Vettel	8 · 9	8 · 11	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Fernando Alonso	5 · 12	10 · 9	1 · 7	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Antonio Giovinazzi	12 · 13	9 · 14	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Sebastian Vettel	5 · 9	10 · 11	1 · 7	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · George Russell	13 · 17	14 · 13	7 · 6	George Russell	Swapped places
Nicholas Latifi · George Russell	16 · 17	16 · 13	7 · 6	George Russell	Swapped places
George Russell · Mick Schumacher	17 · 18	13 · 18	6 · 7	George Russell	Kept their order
Antonio Giovinazzi · Yuki Tsunoda	13 · 15	14 · 15	7 · 4	Yuki Tsunoda	Kept their order
Yuki Tsunoda · Nicholas Latifi	15 · 16	15 · 16	4 · 7	Yuki Tsunoda	Kept their order
Nicholas Latifi · Nikita Mazepin	16 · 19	16 · 17	7 · 7	Same lap	Kept their order
Mick Schumacher · Nikita Mazepin	18 · 19	18 · 17	7 · 7	Same lap	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:09.050	—	0 m	—	31
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:09.417	+0.367	23 m	+0.367	22
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:09.492	+0.442	28 m	+0.075	28
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:09.567	+0.517	32 m	+0.075	30
5	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:09.880	+0.830	52 m	+0.313	32
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:10.124	+1.074	67 m	+0.244	31
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:10.142	+1.092	68 m	+0.018	32
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:10.145	+1.095	68 m	+0.003	27
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:10.201	+1.151	72 m	+0.056	26
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:10.352	+1.302	81 m	+0.151	27
11	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:10.374	+1.324	83 m	+0.022	33
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:10.413	+1.363	85 m	+0.039	28
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:10.443	+1.393	87 m	+0.030	31
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:10.587	+1.537	96 m	+0.144	31
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:10.610	+1.560	97 m	+0.023	27
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:10.885	+1.835	115 m	+0.275	27
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:10.902	+1.852	116 m	+0.017	23
18	George Russell	Williams	63	1:10.938	+1.888	118 m	+0.036	24
19	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:10.990	+1.940	121 m	+0.052	25
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:11.342	+2.292	143 m	+0.352	28

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	14	1:11.238	—	0 m	—	23
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:12.102	+0.864	52 m	+0.864	26
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:12.355	+1.117	68 m	+0.253	24
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:12.407	+1.169	71 m	+0.052	26
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:12.741	+1.503	91 m	+0.334	25
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:12.903	+1.665	101 m	+0.162	29
7	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:12.997	+1.759	106 m	+0.094	37
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:13.078	+1.840	111 m	+0.081	31
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:13.099	+1.861	113 m	+0.021	33
10	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:13.355	+2.117	128 m	+0.256	39
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:13.426	+2.188	132 m	+0.071	41
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	3	1:13.448	+2.210	134 m	+0.022	25
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:13.581	+2.343	142 m	+0.133	23
14	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia AlphaTauri	10	1:13.608	+2.370	143 m	+0.027	32
15	George Russell	Williams	63	1:13.615	+2.377	144 m	+0.007	24
16	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:13.726	+2.488	150 m	+0.111	38
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	5	1:13.747	+2.509	152 m	+0.021	42
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	6	1:14.025	+2.787	169 m	+0.278	24
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	47	1:14.066	+2.828	171 m	+0.041	40
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	9	1:14.909	+3.671	222 m	+0.843	37

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

3 more photographs

Where this comes from

Round: 19 of 2021
Grand Prix: Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates: 14 Nov 2021
Layout raced: Current layout · 4.309 km · 15 turns
Format: Sprint weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.