Full results from Friday qualifying for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil, round 19 of the 2021 Formula 1 season.

2021 Sao Paulo Grand Prix - Qualifying results

Pos Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:08.733s 1:08.068s 1:07.934s
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:09.329s 1:08.499s 1:08.372s
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:09.040s 1:08.426s 1:08.469s
4 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1:09.172s 1:08.973s 1:08.483s
5 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:09.347s 1:08.903s 1:08.777s
6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:09.046s 1:09.031s 1:08.826s
7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:09.155s 1:08.859s 1:08.960s
8 Lando Norris McLaren 1:09.365s 1:09.030s 1:08.980s
9 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:09.374s 1:09.093s 1:09.039s
10 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:09.391s 1:09.137s 1:09.113s
11 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:09.430s 1:09.189s
12 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:09.451s 1:09.399s
13 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:09.350s 1:09.483s
14 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1:09.598s 1:09.503s
15 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1:09.342s 1:10.227s
16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:09.663s
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:09.897s
18 George Russell Williams 1:09.953s
19 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:10.329s
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:10.589s

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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