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2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Brazil.

Session Reports

FP1: Sainz leads Ferrari 1-2 in Brazil GP free practice

Qualifying: Verstappen on pole as lightning red flags Q3 in Brazil

Sprint Showdown: Norris edges Verstappen for Sao Paulo Sprint pole

Sprint Race: Verstappen flies past Norris in T1 to claim Sprint win

Grand Prix: Verstappen beats Norris after crash-strewn start

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Brazil

Gallery: All the pictures from sprint day in Brazil

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Brazil

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:11.732s		30
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:11.840s	+ 0.108s	32
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:11.865s	+ 0.133s	31
4	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:11.928s	+ 0.196s	19
5	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:12.044s	+ 0.312s	28
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:12.136s	+ 0.404s	26
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:12.184s	+ 0.452s	31
8	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:12.481s	+ 0.749s	27
9	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:12.579s	+ 0.847s	30
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:12.592s	+ 0.860s	24
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:12.615s	+ 0.883s	28
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:12.638s	+ 0.906s	30
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:12.714s	+ 0.982s	29
14	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:12.778s	+ 1.046s	27
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:12.779s	+ 1.047s	30
16	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:12.793s	+ 1.061s	30
17	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:13.012s	+ 1.280s	31
18	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:13.056s	+ 1.324s	31
19	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:13.629s	+ 1.897s	25
20	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:13.838s	+ 2.106s	28

Qualifying results

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

Sprint Showdown results

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:11.824s	1:11.221s	1:10.622s
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:11.888s	1:11.262s	1:10.683s
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:12.218s	1:11.230s	1:10.756s
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:11.976s	1:11.516s	1:10.857s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:11.870s	1:11.476s	1:10.940s
6	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:12.358s	1:11.676s	1:11.019s
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:12.107s	1:11.473s	1:11.077s
8	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:12.175s	1:11.423s	1:11.122s
9	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:11.796s	1:11.491s	1:11.126s
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:12.356s	1:11.648s	1:11.189s
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:12.058s	1:11.727s
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:12.136s	1:11.752s
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:12.229s	1:11.822s
14	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:12.303s	1:11.872s
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:12.224s
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:12.388s
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:12.482s
18	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:12.497s
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:12.525s
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:12.615s

Sprint Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	24 laps - 30:07.209s
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 4.287s
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 13.617s
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 25.879s
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 28.560s
6	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 29.210s
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 34.726s
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 35.106s
9	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	+ 35.303s
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 38.219s
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 39.061s
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 39.478s
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 40.621s
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 42.848s
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 43.394s
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 56.507s
17	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 58.723s
18	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 60.330s
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 60.749s
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 60.945s

Grand Prix results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	71 laps - 1:26:07.136s	4
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 8.277s	4
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 34.155s	4
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 34.208s	4
5	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 40.845s	4
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 50.188s	4
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 56.093s	4
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 62.859s	4
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 69.880s	4
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 1 lap	5
11	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 1 lap	4
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 1 lap	4
13	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	+ 1 lap	4
14	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 2 laps	4
	George Russell	Mercedes	DNF	5
	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	DNF	4
	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	DNF	4
	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	DNF	0
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	DNF	0
	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	0

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	524
2	Sergio Pérez	258
3	Lewis Hamilton	226
4	Fernando Alonso	198
5	Lando Norris	195
6	Carlos Sainz	192
7	Charles Leclerc	170
8	George Russell	156
9	Oscar Piastri	87
10	Lance Stroll	63
11	Pierre Gasly	62
12	Esteban Ocon	46
13	Alexander Albon	27
14	Yuki Tsunoda	13
15	Valtteri Bottas	10
16	Nico Hülkenberg	9
17	Daniel Ricciardo	6
18	Zhou Guanyu	6
19	Kevin Magnussen	3
20	Liam Lawson	2
21	Logan Sargeant	1
22	Nyck de Vries	0

Constructors championship standings

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

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