Formula 1 2023 São Paulo Grand Prix results

Max Verstappen appeared to have little trouble managing the pace at the front of the Interlagos race on Sunday, after pulling off a similar win in Saturday’s sprint event.However, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says it was far from straightforward as the team needed to ask conflicting things from its lead driver.“I think there was definitely a race,” explained Horner. “Lando took ...

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After Pirelli designed new 23-inch tyres for the initial switch to ground effect cars last season, subsequent aerodynamic development from teams has led to complaints about how easily the tyres now overheat from the altered airflow.While F1 has desired multiple pitstops to create divergent strategies, and this means that the tyre must markedly degrade, drivers have increasingly spoken out against ...

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Although the Woking-based team had come off second best to Max Verstappen in the Brazil sprint race, it felt that it had a much better chance in the main grand prix.And following Norris' brilliant start in the original getaway on used softs, as he jumped from sixth on the grid to second by the first corner, McLaren says its mindset totally changed when the red flag came out as the result of the ...

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Max Verstappen returned to sprint winning ways at the final much shorter event of 2023, following up his Austin sprint victory, after his surprise defeat to Oscar Piastri in the Qatar weekend’s first race. In Brazil, Verstappen quickly overcame the other McLaren of Lando Norris to earn his fourth sprint win of the year.That pair again fought it out for victory early at Interlagos, with Norris ...

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As reported over the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, Haas has lodged a petition for a right of review over what it feels was the abuse multiple times of track limits at the United States Grand Prix that went unpunished.The American-owned team believes that several drivers – especially Sergio Perez, Alex Albon, Logan Sargeant and Lance Stroll – went beyond the track limits at Turn 6 of the ...

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Two-time champion Alonso crossed the line just 0.053 seconds ahead of the Red Bull driver to secure the final podium spot at Interlagos, as Aston Martin returned to the rostrum for the first time since Zandvoort.The battling duo injected late drama into a largely tepid affair won by Max Verstappen. Ninth-starting Perez dived up the inside of the AMR23 into Turn 1 on lap 70 of 71.But on the final ...

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The Ferrari driver suffered a power unit and hydraulic failure on the formation lap, triggered by an electronic command issue.
This pitched him into the barrier, and despite his best efforts to get the car going again, he was unable to do so.
 
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur confirmed that the Leclerc’s failure to get away from the accident scene had been caused by “the same ...

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The 71-lap race had to be red-flagged after Nico Hulkenberg and Alex Albon touched on the run to Turn 1, an incident which flicked the Williams across the track to wipe out the second Haas of Kevin Magnussen.In the melee, Albon's rear tyre delaminated and the rubber carcass was collected by Hulkenberg before it was flicked up into the path of Ricciardo. It eventually clipped the rear wing of his ...

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Verstappen took his 17th grand prix win of 2023 at Interlagos on Sunday, resulting in him securing another historic record as the driver with the highest-ever win percentage in a season.Even if he does not triumph in either of the remaining two races of the campaign, his tally of 77.27% eclipses the 75% mark that Alberto Ascari reached in 1952 when he won six out of eight races.As Verstappen's Red ...

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Off the back of competitive showings in the United States and Mexico, and returning to the scene of its 2022 triumph, Mercedes had hoped for another strong outing at Interlagos.But it endured one of its least competitive weekends of the year, with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell struggling for speed in qualifying and then being well off the pace in the race.Russell managed fourth in the sprint ...

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After Red Bull driver Max Verstappen crossed the line eight seconds ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris to win the 71-lap race, "a large group" of spectators made their way onto the circuit.This occurred at Turn 1 during the chequered flag lap while cars were still on track. Although there were no injuries, the stewards summoned race officials due to serious safety concerns.There is an agreed time at ...

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Verstappen controlled the race, despite a restart following a shunt at Turn 1 at the original start that required barrier repairs.Verstappen fended off an early attack from McLaren’s Lando Norris while he was protecting his tyres but then pulled well clear.Fernando Alonso drove a brilliant race to finish third for Aston Martin, fending off Red Bull’s Sergio Perez to the finish line by ...

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After an action-packed opening salvo, the Interlagos race fell into a mid-race slumber, but it was revived a few laps before the end by a knife-edge duel between Red Bull driver Perez and Alonso's Aston Martin.After hounding Alonso for a third place through the third stint, Perez finally found a way past in Turn 1 into the penultimate lap.But despite the Spaniard believing his podium chance was ...

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Following a standing restart to the race thanks to a red-flag period, Norris resumed the race on the front foot and began to catch the leading Verstappen in those opening laps after fending off Lewis Hamilton into the first corner.Norris used the seventh lap to reel in Verstappen and had a small opportunity to pass into the first corner on the following lap, but Verstappen held the inside line ...

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Hamilton jumped the Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso at the start to briefly run third, but thereafter he slid down the order, complaining at one point that even with his DRS open he couldn't challenge the car ahead.Hamilton eventually finished eighth, while his team-mate George Russell fared even worse and retired with a cooling issue."My guess is that the floor is not working," ...

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After Red Bull driver Max Verstappen crossed the line eight seconds ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris to win the 71-lap race, spectators made their way onto a circuit that was still classed as live.Stakeholders set an agreed time at which the gates will be opened to allow fans onto the track, with many making their way to the main straight for the podium ceremony.However, Motorsport.com understands ...

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Hamilton and Russell started fifth and eighth and took up third and sixth on the restart after a red flag for a start crash.But while they were able to keep up appearances in the opening laps, they soon faced the same tyre degradation woes that hampered them in Saturday's sprint, having to come in earlier than everyone else after a first stint on softs.Along with degrading pace, the early stop ...

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Alonso took his first podium for Aston Martin in seven races in spectacular style by duelling with Red Bull's Perez over the final laps at Interlagos.Perez passed the Spaniard in Turn 1 on the penultimate lap, but Alonso retaliated one lap later with an outside pass into Turn 4.He then barely held on in a drag race to the finish line, with Perez passing him right after the chequered flag, the ...

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The world champion had been able to successfully convert pole position into a win to double up on his sprint race triumph from Saturday, having beaten Norris once again in an initially close-fought contest that eventually led to the two drivers diverging.Verstappen was barely troubled beyond the opening 10 laps and, despite a Norris fightback towards the end as the McLaren driver had opted for a ...

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Leclerc was due to line up second on the grid behind Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, but the Monegasque spun off at Turn 6 (Ferradura) on the formation lap and continued into the barriers.This had been preceded by a small puff of smoke from the rear of his SF-23 before the back axle appeared to lock and snapped the car into its spin. From then on, the driver was a passenger.Speaking to Sky Sports ...

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Formula 1's Brazilian Grand Prix was red-flagged on the second lap on Sunday to allow barrier repairs following a first-corner crash.At the start Williams driver Alex Albon tangled with both Haas cars,  sending him and Kevin Magnussen into the wall.Starting behind Nico Hulkenberg and Magnussen in 13th, Albon made a good launch off the line to threaten both into Turn 1.But as he pulled ahead of ...

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Massa wants to address the controversy that erupted after it emerged that Nelson Piquet had crashed deliberately at the 2008 Singapore GP, a race that proved crucial in the final outcome that saw Lewis Hamilton win the title.Domenicali was at Ferrari throughout Massa's time with the team as a junior and race driver, latterly as team principal.As the current head of F1, he is now on the other side ...

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Russell qualified fourth for Saturday’s sprint at Interlagos, and after a good first lap got up to second, having passed Sergio Perez and the Lando Norris.But he couldn’t maintain that form and lost out to both drivers as he dropped back to fourth, eventually finishing over 25 seconds shy of sprint winner Max Verstappen.Russell said the drop-off in performance had not been anticipated by the ...

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After taking pole in Saturday's shootout, Norris had a worse drive off the grid than fellow front-row starter Verstappen, who drew along the inside of Turn 1.Norris moved to the middle of the track but ultimately left the door ajar for Verstappen to swoop past and take the lead.Verstappen then comfortably controlled a 24-lap race dictated by tyre wear on Pirelli's softs, as Norris initially stayed ...

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While Lewis Hamilton is chasing a record-breaking eighth Formula 1 world championship, Felipe Massa could make things more difficult for the Mercedes driver.He has partnered with lawyers to contest a 15 year old result where Hamilton pipped Massa to the 2008 F1 crown.Massa, now retired, feels the FIA and Formula One Management failed to act on knowledge they had about the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix ...

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Eventual race winner Max Verstappen, who once again showed how good his Red Bull RB19 is at looking after tyres, confessed to being into management mode as soon as he left the pits."The out-lap," said the Dutchman, when asked when he first started looking after his tyres. "There was not one lap where I pushed flat-out. You can't. It's impossible."Following the race, a number of drivers admitted ...

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Sainz and team-mate Charles Leclerc were forced to lift and coast early in the 24-lap sprint because Ferrari had gone too aggressive on cooling, which left Sainz exposed to Ricciardo in the fight for eighth.After staring at Sainz' rear wing for over 10 laps, Ricciardo overtook the Ferrari twice into Turn 1 with the use of DRS, but the Spaniard then retaliated on the back straight by getting a ...

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Following the two frustrating weekends in the USA and Mexico, the Spaniard qualified in fourth at Interlagos, one place behind team-mate Lance Stroll. The team had a frustrating shootout on Saturday, with Alonso tangling with Esteban Ocon and Stroll losing out to the red flag that followed.However, from 15th and 17th on the sprint grid, they showed good pace as they moved up the field to ...

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On Saturday in Brazil it was revealed Haas submitted a request to review to the FIA after the team had studied onboard videos of the lines taken at Turn 6 by various cars in the Austin race.Several teams had questioned drivers cutting across the kerbs, but no times were deleted and no penalties resulted, with the FIA saying that it didn’t have a good CCTV view of the corner in question and thus ...

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Despite some entertainment in the Brazil sprint this weekend – especially in battles for midfield spots – there is a growing feeling that the current standalone Saturday format is not delivering what it should for F1.And having failed to capture the imagination of drivers, with some wanting sprints to be got rid of completely, Horner says the way sprints work at the moment is not favoured by ...

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While race winner Max Verstappen and polesitter Lando Norris were able to break away at the front, the mid-pack was defined by DRS trains and high levels of lifting and coasting to control tyre wear and temperatures.All but three racers started the 24-lap Saturday race on soft tyres, while the three medium runners (both Haas cars and Logan Sargeant of Williams) complained of similarly bad wear ...

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Let's address the foregone conclusion first: if proceedings at the Interlagos circuit on Sunday bear any correlation with a standard 2023 weekend, then Max Verstappen will win the Brazilian Grand Prix. The three-time world champion has won four of the six sprints this season and, of the three he won prior to this weekend, he converted all of them into a full grand prix win. Force majeure only ...

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The build-up to the Brazilian Grand Prix was overshadowed by controversy over a new pitlane exit rule that has been aimed at stopping drivers impeding each other in qualifying.But the solution introduced at Interlagos has been labelled as ‘terrible’ by world champion Max Verstappen, and it opened the door for a number of grid penalties as drivers were caught out by the new requirements.While ...

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the race from pole position, with Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc joining him on the front row.What time does the Brazilian Grand Prix start?The Brazilian GP will begin at 2pm local time (-3 GMT) at Interlagos in Sao Paulo.
Date: Sunday, November 5, 2023
Start time: 14:00 local time / 17:00 GMT / 18:00 CET / 19:00 SAT / 20:00 EAT  / 12:00 ET / 09:00 PT / ...

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Verstappen jumped ahead of Norris at the first corner to win the final sprint event of the season by over 4s.Norris and George Russell (Mercedes) then swapped second place in the early stages, which allowed Verstappen to pull away.The second Red Bull of Sergio Perez also passed Russell to come through and finish a distant third behind Norris.Read Also:


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The race weekend in Brazil concluded F1's larger offering of sprint races over the 2023 season, having expanded from three to six for this year.This came amid a change where the sprint would no longer have an impact on the full grand prix's qualifying order, with Saturday acting as a standalone day for the sprint qualifying and race events.However, reception among the drivers remains particularly ...

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Following instances of drivers stopping on the exit of the pitlane in recent races, in response to a maximum lap time rule designed to minimise traffic during qualifying, the FIA elected to ban that practice on safety grounds and introduce new guidance for the Brazilian Grand Prix.This allows drivers to make their gap between the pit exit and the second safety car line, as long as they remain as ...

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At a circuit that Hamilton has always enjoyed, he qualified fifth in the shootout but fell away to a distant seventh in the sprint itself, losing places to Charles Leclerc and Yuki Tsunoda.In just 24 laps he dropped 34.7 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen, having chased the Dutchman home in the US GP before his disqualification, and also put in a charging drive to second in Mexico."The last ...

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After eventual winner Max Verstappen dived past polesitter Lando Norris into Turn 1 of the 24-lap Saturday race at Interlagos, almost the entire field then complained of having to manage temperatures.While Charles Leclerc climbed from seventh to fifth place and Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz gained a spot to finish eighth, both were severely restricted by a need to jump off the throttle.Sainz ...

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The Briton had made an initial good getaway from the front of the grid and seemed to have everything needed to lead into the first corner. However, during the second phase of acceleration, fellow front-row starter Verstappen was able to outdrag the McLaren and seized the lead after surging through on the inside. Norris admitted that perhaps he had played things too "safe" with how he approached ...

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