2023 São Paulo Grand Prix Explained

Type:F1
Grand Prix:São Paulo
Previous Round:2023 Mexico City Grand Prix
Next Round:2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Details Ref:[1]
Date:5 November
Year:2023
Official Name:Formula 1 Rolex Grande Prêmio de São Paulo 2023
Race No:20
Season No:22
Location:Autódromo José Carlos Pace
São Paulo, Brazil
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Km:4.309
Course Mi:2.677
Distance Laps:71
Distance Km:305.879
Distance Mi:190.064
Attendance:267,000[2]
Weather:Partly cloudy
Pole Driver:Max Verstappen
Pole Country:NED
Pole Team:Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Pole Time:1:10.727
Fast Driver:Lando Norris
Fast Country:GBR
Fast Team:McLaren-Mercedes
Fast Time:1:12.486
Fast Lap:61
First Driver:Max Verstappen
First Country:NED
First Team:Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second Driver:Lando Norris
Second Country:GBR
Second Team:McLaren-Mercedes
Third Driver:Fernando Alonso
Third Country:ESP
Third Team:Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes

The 2023 São Paulo Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Rolex Grande Prêmio de São Paulo 2023) was a Formula One motor race held on 5 November 2023 at the Interlagos Circuit in São Paulo, Brazil. It was the twentieth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship and the sixth and final Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the Formula One sprint format.

Max Verstappen took pole position for the main race during a weather-affected qualifying, while Lando Norris took the sprint pole position. Both the sprint and main race were won by Verstappen, setting a new Formula One record for highest percentage of wins in a single season. It was Red Bull Racing's 19th win of the season, matching Mercedes's 2016 season win record. Norris finished the race in second place, his 13th career podium, tying Nick Heidfeld for most podiums without a race win. Fernando Alonso finished third, after overtaking Sergio Pérez on the final lap and beat him by 0.053 seconds. This was his ninth podium at Interlagos without ever winning and his first since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Background

The event was held across the weekend of 3–5 November and was the twentieth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship. It was the 41st Formula One Grand Prix at this circuit, and the third held under the name of the São Paulo Grand Prix, having previously been titled the Brazilian Grand Prix. It was also the sixth and final Grand Prix weekend of the 2023 season to utilise the Formula One sprint format.[1] [3]

Championship standings before the race

Coming into the weekend, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 491 points. He led his teammate Sergio Pérez by 251 points and Lewis Hamilton by a further 20 points. Hamilton was ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr. in fourth by 37 points, with Fernando Alonso in fifth, tied for points with Sainz. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship with 731 points, 360 points ahead of Mercedes and a further 22 points ahead of Ferrari. McLaren, in fourth, was behind Ferrari by 93 points and ahead of Aston Martin, in fifth, by 20 points.[4]

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with the exception of Daniel Ricciardo, who replaced Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri starting at the Hungarian Grand Prix.[5] [6]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3 and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[7]

Practice

The only free practice session was held on 3 November 2023, at 11:30 local time (UTC−3).[1] Carlos Sainz Jr. ended the session first, while his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc finished second, with George Russell third.[8] [9]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 3 November 2023, and was scheduled for 15:00 local time (UTC−3),[10] but was delayed by 15 minutes due to debris on track from a Porsche Carrera Cup Brazil session which took place immediately prior to qualifying.[10] [11] [12] [13] The session determined the starting order for the main race.

Qualifying report

Max Verstappen took pole position after intense rain and thunderstorms caused Q3 to be red-flagged and called off with four minutes remaining. After numerous tribulations throughout the past few races, Lance Stroll found himself in third ahead of his teammate Fernando Alonso, who also improved after numerous struggles in the latter half of the season. This is Stroll's highest starting position since the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix where he took pole position.[14] Oscar Piastri was unable to set a time, as his car slipped off into the grass as the weather began to deteriorate. This caused a yellow flag which forced Sergio Pérez to slow, resulting in them starting tenth and ninth respectively.[15]

Penalties were given to George Russell, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly for blocking the pit exit in Q1, each driver dropping two places. The intense rain caused a grandstand to collapse. No major injuries were reported.[16]

Qualifying classification

DriverConstructor
Q1Q2Q3
11data-sort-value="ver" Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:10.436 1:10.162 1:10.7271
216data-sort-value="lec" Charles LeclercFerrari1:10.472 1:10.303 1:11.021 2
318data-sort-value="str" Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco-Mercedes1:10.551 1:10.375 1:11.344 3
414data-sort-value="alo" Fernando Alonso1:10.557 1:10.237 1:11.387 4
544data-sort-value="ham" Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:10.604 1:10.266 1:11.4695
663data-sort-value="rus" George RussellMercedes1:10.3401:10.316 1:11.590 8
74data-sort-value="nor" Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:10.623 1:10.0211:11.987 6
855data-sort-value="sai" Carlos Sainz Jr.Ferrari1:10.624 1:10.254 1:11.989 7
911data-sort-value="per" Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:10.668 1:10.219 1:12.321 9
1081data-sort-value="pia" Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:10.519 1:10.330 No time10
1127data-sort-value="hul" Haas-Ferrari1:10.475 1:10.547 data-sort-value="20" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A11
1231data-sort-value="oco" Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:10.763 1:10.562 data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A14
1310data-sort-value="gas" Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1:10.793 1:10.567 data-sort-value="12" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A15
1420data-sort-value="mag" Haas-Ferrari1:10.602 1:10.723 data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A12
1523data-sort-value="alb" Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:10.621 1:10.840 data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A13
1622data-sort-value="tsu" Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:10.837 data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A16
173data-sort-value="ric" Daniel RicciardoAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:10.843 data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A17
1877data-sort-value="bot" Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:10.955 data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A18
192data-sort-value="sar" Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes1:11.035 data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A19
2024data-sort-value="zho" Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:11.275 data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A20
107% time

1:15.263

Source:[17] [18]
Notes

Sprint shootout

The sprint shootout was held on 4 November 2023, at 11:00 local time (UTC−3), and determined the starting grid for the sprint.[1]

Sprint shootout report

Lando Norris topped the timing sheets for the second and third segments, granting him a sprint pole position. In SQ1, Esteban Ocon seemingly lost control of his Alpine and drove into Fernando Alonso, sending Ocon's Alpine A523 straight into the wall and breaking Alonso's front left suspension. Alonso was unable to return for the rest of the shootout despite Aston Martin's efforts to fix his car in time for SQ2.[22]

Sprint shootout classification

DriverConstructorSprint
grid
SQ1SQ2SQ3
14data-sort-value="nor" Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:11.8241:11.2211:10.6221
21data-sort-value="ver" Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:11.8881:11.2621:10.6832
311data-sort-value="per" Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT1:12.2181:11.2301:10.7563
463data-sort-value="rus" George RussellMercedes1:11.9761:11.5161:10.8574
544data-sort-value="ham" Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:11.870 1:11.4761:10.9405
622data-sort-value="tsu" Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:12.3581:11.6761:11.0196
716data-sort-value="lec" Charles LeclercFerrari1:12.1071:11.473 1:11.0777
83data-sort-value="ric" Daniel RicciardoAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:12.1751:11.4231:11.1228
955data-sort-value="sai" Carlos Sainz Jr.Ferrari1:11.7961:11.4911:11.126 9
1081data-sort-value="pia" Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.356 1:11.648 1:11.18910
1120data-sort-value="mag" Haas-Ferrari1:12.0581:11.727data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A11
1227data-sort-value="hul" Haas-Ferrari1:12.1361:11.752data-sort-value="20" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A12
1310data-sort-value="gas" Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1:12.2291:11.822data-sort-value="12" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A13
1477data-sort-value="bot" Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:12.3031:11.872data-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A14
1514data-sort-value="alo" Fernando Alonso1:12.224No timedata-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A15
1631data-sort-value="oco" Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:12.388data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A16
1718data-sort-value="str" Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco-Mercedes1:12.482data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A17
1824data-sort-value="zho" Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:12.497 data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A18
1923data-sort-value="alb" Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes1:12.525data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="14" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A19
202data-sort-value="sar" Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes1:12.615data-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/Adata-sort-value="18" align="center" style="background: silver" N/A20
107% time

1:16.821

Source:[23] [24]

Sprint

The sprint was held on 4 November 2023, at 15:30 local time (UTC−3), and was run for 24 laps.[1] [10]

Sprint report

After overtaking sprint polesitter Lando Norris for the lead in the opening turn, Max Verstappen won the sprint. Sergio Pérez finished in third, his first podium of any kind since the Italian Grand Prix.[25]

Sprint classification

DriverConstructorTime/RetiredPoints
11data-sort-value="ver" Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT2430:07.20928
24data-sort-value="nor" Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes24+4.28717
311data-sort-value="per" Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT24+13.61736
463data-sort-value="rus" George RussellMercedes24+25.87945
516data-sort-value="lec" Charles LeclercFerrari24+28.56074
622data-sort-value="tsu" Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT24+29.21063
744data-sort-value="ham" Lewis HamiltonMercedes24+34.72652
855data-sort-value="sai" Carlos Sainz Jr.Ferrari24+35.106 91
93data-sort-value="aus" Daniel RicciardoAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT24+35.3038
1081data-sort-value="pia" Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes24+38.21910
1114data-sort-value="alo" Fernando Alonso24+39.06115
1218data-sort-value="str" Lance StrollAston Martin Aramco-Mercedes24+39.47817
1310data-sort-value="gas" Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault24+40.42113
1431data-sort-value="oco" Esteban OconAlpine-Renault24+42.84816
1523data-sort-value="alb" Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes24+43.39419
1620data-sort-value="mag" Haas-Ferrari24+56.50711
1724data-sort-value="zho" Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo-Ferrari24+58.72318
1827data-sort-value="hul" Nico HülkenbergHaas-Ferrari24+1:00.33012
1977data-sort-value="bot" Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari24+1:00.74914
202data-sort-value="sar" Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes24+1:00.94520
Fastest lap

George Russell (Mercedes) – 1:14.422 (lap 2)

Source:[26]

Race

The race was held on 5 November 2023, at 14:00 local time (UTC−3), and was run for 71 laps.[1]

Race report

Charles Leclerc crashed out of the race during the formation lap due to a hydraulics problem.[27] Lando Norris moved up to second behind Max Verstappen at the start, while Kevin Magnussen hit Alexander Albon before the first turn, taking both drivers out of the race. The amount of debris caused a safety car period; soon, the race was red-flagged. Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo both suffered damage to their cars due to hitting the debris from the crash, but had their cars fixed in time to restart from the pit lane, albeit one lap down.

Off of the standing restart, Verstappen kept his first place ahead of Norris and, after a few more laps, pulled further ahead. Sergio Pérez overtook Lewis Hamilton, who was struggling with his tyres. Both Alfa Romeo drivers retired due to car problems: Zhou Guanyu on lap 24 and Valtteri Bottas on lap 39. On lap 57, George Russell retired due to overheating. With their cars continuing to struggle from the first-lap damage, Ricciardo and Piastri finished one and two laps down, respectively.

Sergio Pérez and Fernando Alonso dueled for third for many laps, with Alonso overtaking Pérez for the final time on the last lap and defending against the Red Bull Racing driver to take his first podium since the Dutch Grand Prix, ahead of Pérez by 0.053 seconds. This was his ninth podium at Interlagos without ever winning and his first since the 2013 Brazilian Grand Prix.[28] [29]

Verstappen won the race by eight seconds, ahead of Norris. In doing so, Verstappen claimed the highest percentage of race wins per season record from Alberto Ascari, a record held since the 1952 season; he also achieved his nineteenth podium of the season, breaking his own record from 2021. Verstappen also overtook Alain Prost in total race wins by reaching his 52nd win.[30]

Race classification

DriverConstructorTime/RetiredPoints
11data-sort-value="ver" Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT711:56:48.894125
24data-sort-value="nor" Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes71+8.277619
314data-sort-value="alo" Fernando Alonso71+34.155415
411data-sort-value="per" Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing-Honda RBPT71+34.208912
518data-sort-value="str" Lance Stroll71+40.845310
655data-sort-value="sai" Carlos Sainz Jr.Ferrari71+50.18878
710data-sort-value="gas" Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault71+56.093156
844data-sort-value="ham" Lewis HamiltonMercedes71+1:02.85954
922data-sort-value="tsu" Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT71+1:09.880162
1031data-sort-value="oco" Esteban OconAlpine-Renault70+1 lap141
112data-sort-value="sar" Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes70+1 lap19
1227data-sort-value="hul" Nico HülkenbergHaas-Ferrari70+1 lap11
133data-sort-value="ric" Daniel RicciardoAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT70+1 lap17
1481data-sort-value="pia" Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes69+2 laps10
Ret63data-sort-value="rus" George RussellMercedes578
Ret77data-sort-value="bot" Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari39Hydraulics18
Ret24data-sort-value="zho" Zhou GuanyuAlfa Romeo-Ferrari22Engine20
Ret20data-sort-value="mag" Haas-Ferrari0Collision12
Ret23data-sort-value="alb" Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes0Collision13
DNS16data-sort-value="lec" Charles LeclercFerrari0Hydraulics
Fastest lap

Lando Norris (McLaren-Mercedes) – 1:12.486 (lap 61)

Source:[31] [32] [33]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
DriverPoints
1 Max Verstappen*524
2 Sergio Pérez258
3 Lewis Hamilton226
14 Fernando Alonso198
15 Lando Norris195
Source:[35]
Constructors' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT*782
2 Mercedes382
3 Ferrari362
4 McLaren-Mercedes282
5261
Source:

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