São Paulo Grand Prix 2023

José Carlos Pace
São Paulo
5 November 2023
71 laps
305.9 km
4.309 km a lap
Sprint weekend

Pole positionMax VerstappenRed Bull · 1:10.727
Fastest lapLando Norris1:12.486 · lap 61
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayLando Norris26.1% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Max Verstappen	1	Red Bull · Honda RBPT	1	71	1:56:48.894	25
2	Lando Norrisfastest lap	4	McLaren · Mercedes	6	71	+8.277	19
3	Fernando Alonso	14	Aston Martin · Mercedes	4	71	+34.155	15
4	Sergio Pérez	11	Red Bull · Honda RBPT	9	71	+34.208	12
5	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Mercedes	3	71	+40.845	10
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Ferrari	7	71	+50.188	8
7	Pierre Gasly	10	Alpine · Renault	15	71	+56.093	6
8	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	5	71	+1:02.859	4
9	Yuki Tsunoda	22	AlphaTauri · Honda RBPT	16	71	+1:09.880	2
10	Esteban Ocon	31	Alpine · Renault	14	70	+1 lap	1
11	Logan Sargeant	2	Williams · Mercedes	19	70	+1 lap
12	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Haas · Ferrari	11	70	+1 lap
13	Daniel Ricciardo	3	AlphaTauri · Honda RBPT	17	70	+1 lap
14	Oscar Piastri	81	McLaren · Mercedes	10	69	+2 laps
DNF	George Russell	63	Mercedes	8	57	Overheating
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	77	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	18	39	Hydraulics
DNF	Guanyu Zhou	24	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	20	22	Engine
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas · Ferrari	12	0	Collision
DNF	Alexander Albon	23	Williams · Mercedes	13	0	Collision
DNS	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	2		Hydraulics

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Max Verstappen 68, Lando Norris 3. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 18	Lap 36	Lap 53	Finish	Laps led
Max Verstappen	1	1	1	1	1	68
Lando Norris	6	2	2	2	2	3
Fernando Alonso	4	3	3	3	3
Sergio Pérez	9	4	4	4	4
Lance Stroll	3	6	5	6	5
Carlos Sainz Jr.	7	7	7	7	6
Pierre Gasly	15	8	9	8	7
Lewis Hamilton	5	9	6	9	8
Yuki Tsunoda	16	10	10	5	9
Esteban Ocon	14	13	14	12	10
Logan Sargeant	19	15	12	11	11
Nico Hülkenberg	11	12	13	13	12
Daniel Ricciardo	17	16	15	14	13
Oscar Piastri	10	17	16	15	14
George Russell	8	5	8	10	out
Valtteri Bottas	18	11	11	–	out
Guanyu Zhou	20	14	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 75 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 18	Lap 36	Lap 53	Last lap
Max Verstappen	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lando Norris	+2.7	+4.8	+7.5	+8.3
Fernando Alonso	+5.8	+15.0	+44.9	+34.2
Sergio Pérez	+14.0	+16.2	+45.9	+34.2
Lance Stroll	+16.5	+21.9	+58.8	+40.8
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+17.1	+26.5	+61.1	+50.2
Pierre Gasly	+18.0	+32.3	+62.9	+56.1
Lewis Hamilton	+18.5	+26.1	+65.5	+62.9
Yuki Tsunoda	+23.9	+38.6	+53.8	+69.9
Esteban Ocon	+38.0	+53.8	+87.9	+83.8
Logan Sargeant	+46.6	+42.9	+87.8	+100.1
Nico Hülkenberg	+31.8	+52.5	+104.6	+103.9
Daniel Ricciardo	+102.7	+115.7	+130.4	+143.9
Oscar Piastri	+105.3	+117.9	+160.1	+151.1
George Russell	+15.9	+29.1	+73.5	out
Valtteri Bottas	+25.9	+40.4	–	out
Guanyu Zhou	+43.2	–	–	out

Tyre strategy

Which compound each driver ran, and for how many laps. A new colour is a pit stop.

Soft
Medium
Pale: a set used before the race

Laps on each set of tyres, in finishing order. Tyre data from OpenF1; it exists from 2023 on.

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Driver	Stops	Stints
Max Verstappen	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 2–2 · Soft 3–27 (used, 3 laps) · Medium 28–56 · Soft 57–71
Lando Norris	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 2–2 · Soft 3–27 · Medium 28–59 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 60–71 (used, 3 laps)
Fernando Alonso	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 2–2 (used, 4 laps) · Soft 3–25 (used, 3 laps) · Medium 26–47 · Soft 48–71
Sergio Pérez	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 2–2 · Soft 3–20 (used, 3 laps) · Medium 21–46 · Soft 47–71 (used, 3 laps)
Lance Stroll	4	Soft 1–1 · Soft 2–2 (used, 1 laps) · Soft 3–22 (used, 3 laps) · Medium 23–52 · Soft 53–71 (used, 2 laps)
Carlos Sainz Jr.	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 2 laps) · Soft 2–2 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 3–26 (used, 4 laps) · Medium 27–51 · Soft 52–71 (used, 3 laps)
Pierre Gasly	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 2 laps) · Soft 2–2 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 3–26 (used, 3 laps) · Medium 27–46 · Soft 47–71
Lewis Hamilton	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 2–2 (used, 4 laps) · Soft 3–18 (used, 3 laps) · Medium 19–46 · Soft 47–71 (used, 3 laps)
Yuki Tsunoda	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 2–2 (used, 4 laps) · Soft 3–26 · Medium 27–55 · Soft 56–71
Esteban Ocon	5	Soft 1–1 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 2–2 (used, 4 laps) · Soft 3–14 (used, 3 laps) · Medium 15–31 · Soft 32–51 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 52–70
Logan Sargeant	4	Medium 1–1 · Medium 2–2 (used, 1 laps) · Soft 3–17 · Soft 18–44 · Soft 45–70
Nico Hülkenberg	4	Soft 1–1 · Medium 2–2 · Soft 3–21 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 22–46 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 47–70
Daniel Ricciardo	4	Soft 1–1 · Soft 2–2 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 3–26 (used, 4 laps) · Medium 27–55 · Soft 56–70
Oscar Piastri	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 2 laps) · Medium 2–2 · Medium 3–24 (used, 1 laps) · Soft 25–52 (used, 2 laps) · Soft 53–69 (used, 5 laps)
George Russell	4	Soft 1–1 (used, 3 laps) · Soft 2–2 (used, 4 laps) · Soft 3–19 (used, 3 laps) · Medium 20–45 · Soft 46–57 (used, 3 laps)
Valtteri Bottas	3	Soft 1–1 · Soft 2–2 (used, 1 laps) · Soft 3–18 · Medium 19–39
Guanyu Zhou	3	Soft 1–1 · Soft 2–2 (used, 1 laps) · Soft 3–15 · Medium 16–22

Sprint

The short race on Saturday, with points of its own.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	2	8
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	7
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	3	6
4	George Russell	Mercedes	4	5
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	7	4
6	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	6	3
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	5	2
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	9	1
9	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	8
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	10
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	15
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	17
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	13
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	16
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	19
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	11
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	18
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	12
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	14
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:10.436	1:10.162	1:10.727
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:10.472	1:10.303	1:11.021
3	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:10.551	1:10.375	1:11.344
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:10.557	1:10.237	1:11.387
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:10.604	1:10.266	1:11.469
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:10.340	1:10.316	1:11.590
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:10.623	1:10.021	1:11.987
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:10.624	1:10.254	1:11.989
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:10.668	1:10.219	1:12.321
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:10.519	1:10.330
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:10.475	1:10.547
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:10.763	1:10.562
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:10.793	1:10.567
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:10.602	1:10.723
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:10.621	1:10.840
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:10.837
17	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:10.843
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:10.955
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:11.035
20	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:11.275

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
George Russell	P6	P8	2 places – 2
Esteban Ocon	P12	P14	2 places – 2
Pierre Gasly	P13	P15	2 places – 2

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Valtteri Bottas	3	1, 2, 18	20.732 s
Guanyu Zhou	3	1, 2, 15	21.256 s
Fernando Alonso	4	1, 2, 25, 47	18.487 s
Lance Stroll	4	1, 2, 22, 52	18.504 s
Lewis Hamilton	4	1, 2, 18, 46	18.521 s
Max Verstappen	4	1, 2, 27, 56	18.535 s
Lando Norris	4	1, 2, 27, 59	19.386 s
George Russell	4	1, 2, 19, 45	20.449 s
Pierre Gasly	4	1, 2, 26, 46	20.523 s
Sergio Pérez	4	1, 2, 20, 46	20.811 s
Yuki Tsunoda	4	1, 2, 26, 55	20.969 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	4	1, 2, 26, 51	23.030 s
Oscar Piastri	4	1, 2, 24, 52	23.338 s
Daniel Ricciardo	4	1, 2, 26, 55	23.508 s
Nico Hülkenberg	4	1, 2, 21, 46	23.841 s
Logan Sargeant	4	1, 2, 17, 44	24.137 s
Esteban Ocon	5	1, 2, 14, 31, 51	22.209 s

Every stop, lap by lap (67)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Fernando Alonso	1	18.487 s
1	Lance Stroll	1	18.504 s
1	Lewis Hamilton	1	18.521 s
1	Max Verstappen	1	18.535 s
1	Lando Norris	1	19.386 s
1	George Russell	1	20.449 s
1	Pierre Gasly	1	20.523 s
1	Valtteri Bottas	1	20.732 s
1	Sergio Pérez	1	20.811 s
1	Yuki Tsunoda	1	20.969 s
1	Guanyu Zhou	1	21.256 s
1	Esteban Ocon	1	22.209 s
1	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	23.030 s
1	Logan Sargeant	1	27.472 s
1	Nico Hülkenberg	1	34.261 s
1	Daniel Ricciardo	1	26:16.725 s
1	Oscar Piastri	1	26:24.007 s
2	Daniel Ricciardo	2	32.770 s
2	Oscar Piastri	2	38.489 s
2	Max Verstappen	2	23:22.632 s
2	Lando Norris	2	23:24.611 s
2	Lewis Hamilton	2	23:26.375 s
2	Fernando Alonso	2	23:28.154 s
2	Lance Stroll	2	23:29.984 s
2	George Russell	2	23:30.984 s
2	Sergio Pérez	2	23:31.712 s
2	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	23:33.704 s
2	Esteban Ocon	2	23:34.725 s
2	Yuki Tsunoda	2	23:35.420 s
2	Pierre Gasly	2	23:36.706 s
2	Valtteri Bottas	2	23:38.156 s
2	Guanyu Zhou	2	23:39.945 s
2	Nico Hülkenberg	2	23:41.069 s
2	Logan Sargeant	2	23:41.207 s
14	Esteban Ocon	3	24.037 s
15	Guanyu Zhou	3	23.953 s
17	Logan Sargeant	3	24.367 s
18	Lewis Hamilton	3	23.571 s
18	Valtteri Bottas	3	24.077 s
19	George Russell	3	23.730 s
20	Sergio Pérez	3	23.164 s
21	Nico Hülkenberg	3	24.401 s
22	Lance Stroll	3	23.558 s
24	Oscar Piastri	3	23.536 s
25	Fernando Alonso	3	24.204 s
26	Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	23.557 s
26	Daniel Ricciardo	3	23.955 s
26	Pierre Gasly	3	25.295 s
26	Yuki Tsunoda	3	27.114 s
27	Max Verstappen	3	22.994 s
27	Lando Norris	3	23.806 s
31	Esteban Ocon	4	24.406 s
44	Logan Sargeant	4	24.137 s
45	George Russell	4	23.962 s
46	Sergio Pérez	4	23.522 s
46	Pierre Gasly	4	23.583 s
46	Nico Hülkenberg	4	23.841 s
46	Lewis Hamilton	4	24.074 s
47	Fernando Alonso	4	23.830 s
51	Esteban Ocon	5	23.599 s
51	Carlos Sainz Jr.	4	23.704 s
52	Oscar Piastri	4	23.338 s
52	Lance Stroll	4	25.294 s
55	Yuki Tsunoda	4	23.453 s
55	Daniel Ricciardo	4	23.508 s
56	Max Verstappen	4	23.397 s
59	Lando Norris	4	23.664 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lando Norris	61	1:12.486
2	Max Verstappen	68	1:13.422	+0.936
3	Daniel Ricciardo	68	1:13.866	+1.380
4	Lance Stroll	67	1:14.007	+1.521
5	Sergio Pérez	55	1:14.124	+1.638
6	Esteban Ocon	53	1:14.206	+1.720
7	Yuki Tsunoda	64	1:14.231	+1.745
8	Oscar Piastri	66	1:14.310	+1.824
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	59	1:14.406	+1.920
10	Fernando Alonso	54	1:14.442	+1.956

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 20. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 20
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Max Verstappen	524
2	Sergio Pérez	258
3	Lewis Hamilton	226
4	Fernando Alonso	198	▲1
5	Lando Norris	195	▲1
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	192	▼2
7	Charles Leclerc	170
8	George Russell	156
9	Oscar Piastri	87
10	Lance Stroll	63	▲1

Constructors' championship after round 20
Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	782
2	Mercedes	382
3	Ferrari	362
4	McLaren	282
5	Aston Martin	261
6	Alpine	108
7	Williams	28
8	AlphaTauri	21
9	Alfa Romeo	16
10	Haas	12