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2021 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2021 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Interlagos, Brazil.

Session Reports

FP1: Hamilton tops first practice in Sao Paulo ahead of Verstappen

Qualifying: Hamilton to start from P1 in Saturday Sao Paulo sprint

FP2: Alonso clocks in fastest in final practice ahead of Verstappen

Qualifying Sprint: Bottas takes Brazil pole as Hamilton charges back in sprint

Race: Hamilton unstoppable in triumphant Sao Paulo victory

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Brazil

Gallery: All the pictures from practice and qualifying day in Brazil

Gallery: All the pictures from sprint qualifying day in Brazil

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Brazil

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:09.050s		31
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:09.417s	+ 0.367s	22
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:09.492s	+ 0.442s	28
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:09.567s	+ 0.517s	30
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:09.880s	+ 0.830s	32
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:10.124s	+ 1.074s	31
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:10.142s	+ 1.092s	32
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:10.145s	+ 1.095s	27
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:10.201s	+ 1.151s	26
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:10.352s	+ 1.302s	27
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:10.374s	+ 1.324s	33
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:10.413s	+ 1.363s	28
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:10.443s	+ 1.393s	31
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:10.587s	+ 1.537s	31
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:10.610s	+ 1.560s	27
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:10.885s	+ 1.835s	27
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:10.902s	+ 1.852s	23
18	George Russell	Williams	1:10.938s	+ 1.888s	24
19	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:10.990s	+ 1.940s	25
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:11.342s	+ 2.292s	28

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

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:11.238s		23
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:12.102s	+ 0.864s	26
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:12.355s	+ 1.117s	24
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:12.407s	+ 1.169s	26
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:12.741s	+ 1.503s	25
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:12.903s	+ 1.665s	29
7	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:12.997s	+ 1.759s	37
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:13.078s	+ 1.840s	31
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.099s	+ 1.861s	33
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:13.355s	+ 2.117s	39
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:13.426s	+ 2.188s	41
12	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:13.448s	+ 2.210s	25
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:13.581s	+ 2.343s	23
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:13.608s	+ 2.370s	32
15	George Russell	Williams	1:13.615s	+ 2.377s	24
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:13.726s	+ 2.488s	38
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:13.747s	+ 2.509s	42
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:14.025s	+ 2.787s	24
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:14.066s	+ 2.828s	40
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:14.909s	+ 3.671s	37

Qualifying Sprint results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	24 laps - 29:09.559s
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 1.170s
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 18.723s
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 19.787s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 20.872s
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 22.558s
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 25.056s
8	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 34.158s
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 34.632s
10	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 34.867s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 35.869s
12	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 36.578s
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 41.880s
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 44.037s
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 46.150s
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 46.760s
17	George Russell	Williams	+ 47.739s
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 50.014s
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 61.680s
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 67.474s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71 laps - 1:32:22.851s	4
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 10.496s	4
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 13.576s	4
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 39.940s	5
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 49.517s	4
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 51.820s	4
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	4
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 1 lap	3
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 1 lap	3
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 1 lap	5
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	4
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	4
13	George Russell	Williams	+ 1 lap	4
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	4
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	5
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 1 lap	4
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	+ 2 laps	3
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 2 laps	5
	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	DNF	4
	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	DNF	4

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