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2024 São Paulo Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from São Paulo, Brazil.

Session Reports

FP1: Norris, Russell and Bearman go quickest in sole practice

Sprint Qualifying: Piastri and Norris take control of Saturday sprint grid

Sprint Race: Norris handed sprint win by McLaren teammate Piastri

Qualifying: Norris survives dramatic wet Sunday qualifying to claim pole

Grand Prix: Verstappen triumphs in rain-hit Brazil thriller

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice and sprint qualifying in São Paulo, Brazil

Gallery: All the pictures from the Sprint and GP qualifying in São Paulo, Brazil

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in São Paulo, Brazil

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:10.610s		28
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:10.791s	+ 0.181s	23
3	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:10.805s	+ 0.195s	29
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:10.950s	+ 0.340s	29
5	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:10.955s	+ 0.345s	27
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:11.038s	+ 0.428s	30
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:11.100s	+ 0.490s	29
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:11.124s	+ 0.514s	25
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:11.215s	+ 0.605s	25
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:11.216s	+ 0.606s	26
11	Liam Lawson	RB	1:11.301s	+ 0.691s	25
12	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:11.483s	+ 0.873s	24
13	Franco Colapinto	Williams	1:11.619s	+ 1.009s	30
14	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:11.651s	+ 1.041s	28
15	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:11.712s	+ 1.102s	29
16	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:11.754s	+ 1.144s	29
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:11.783s	+ 1.173s	26
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:11.827s	+ 1.217s	25
19	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1:11.845s	+ 1.235s	27
20	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:12.883s	+ 2.273s	26

Sprint Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:10.265s	1:09.239s	1:08.899s
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:09.477s	1:09.063s	1:08.928s
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:10.388s	1:09.248s	1:09.153s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:10.409s	1:09.489s	1:09.219s
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:10.503s	1:09.500s	1:09.257s
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:10.479s	1:09.683s	1:09.443s
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:10.630s	1:09.610s	1:09.622s
8	Liam Lawson	RB	1:10.576s	1:09.827s	1:09.941s
9	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:10.366s	1:09.844s	1:10.078s
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:10.442s	1:09.629s
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:10.625s	1:09.941s
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:10.466s	1:09.964s
13	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1:10.392s	1:10.024s
14	Franco Colapinto	Williams	1:10.470s	1:10.275s
15	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:10.861s	1:10.595s
16	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:10.978s
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:11.052s
18	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:11.121s
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:11.280s
20	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:12.978s

Sprint Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	24 laps - 29:46.045s
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 0.593s
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 5.656s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 6.497s *
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 7.224s
6	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 12.475s
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 18.161s
8	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	+ 18.717s
9	Liam Lawson	RB	+ 20.773s
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 24.606s
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 29.764s
12	Franco Colapinto	Williams	+ 33.233s
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 34.128s
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+ 35.507s
15	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	+ 41.374s
16	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	+ 43.231s
17	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	+ 54.139s
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 56.537s
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 57.983s
	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	DNF

* Five-second time penalty for a Virtual Safety Car infringement

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.944s	1:24.844s	1:23.405s
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:29.121s	1:26.307s	1:23.578s
3	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:29.172s	1:26.464s	1:24.111s
4	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:29.171s	1:26.206s	1:24.475s
5	Liam Lawson	RB	1:30.758s	1:25.654s	1:24.484s
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.839s	1:26.097s	1:24.525s
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:29.072s	1:25.889s	1:24.657s
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.114s	1:25.179s	1:24.686s
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.207s	1:25.035s	1:28.998s
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.580s	1:26.334s
11	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:30.633s	1:26.472s
12	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:28.522s	1:27.771s
13	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1:30.035s	1:28.158s
14	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.303s	1:29.406s
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:29.420s	1:29.614s
16	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.150s
17	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:31.229s
18	Franco Colapinto	Williams	1:31.270s
19	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:31.623s
20	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:32.263s

Grand Prix results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	69 laps - 2:06:54.430s	1
2	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 19.477s	1
3	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 22.532s	1
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 23.265s	2
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 30.177s	2
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 31.372s	2
7	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	+ 42.056s	2
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 44.943s	2
9	Liam Lawson	RB	+ 50.452s	2
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 50.753s	2
11	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	+ 51.531s	2
12	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+ 57.085s	2
13	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	+ 63.588s	1
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 78.049s	2
15	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	+ 79.649s	4
	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	DNF	2
	Franco Colapinto	Williams	DNF	2
	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	DNF	4
	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	0
	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	DNF	0

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	393
2	Lando Norris	331
3	Charles Leclerc	307
4	Oscar Piastri	262
5	Carlos Sainz	244
6	George Russell	192
7	Lewis Hamilton	190
8	Sergio Perez	151
9	Fernando Alonso	62
10	Nico Hulkenberg	31
11	Yuki Tsunoda	28
12	Pierre Gasly	26
13	Lance Stroll	24
14	Esteban Ocon	23
15	Kevin Magnussen	14
16	Alexander Albon	12
17	Daniel Ricciardo	12
18	Oliver Bearman	7
19	Franco Colapinto	5
20	Liam Lawson	4
21	Zhou Guanyu	0
22	Logan Sargeant	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	McLaren	593
2	Ferrari	557
3	Red Bull	544
4	Mercedes	382
5	Aston Martin	86
6	Alpine	49
7	Haas	46
8	RB	44
9	Williams	17
10	Sauber	0

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