São Paulo Grand Prix

Round 19 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil

2021-11-14

Winner: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes

Max Verstappen

Red Bull · +10.496

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes · +13.576

Who won the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix?

The 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix was won by Lewis Hamilton driving for Mercedes, starting from 10th on the grid. Max Verstappen finished second, +10.496 behind, with Valtteri Bottas completing the podium. The fastest lap of the race was set by Sergio Pérez with a time of 1:11.010. 2 drivers failed to finish the race. This was Round 19 of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship, held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil. Lewis Hamilton was the biggest mover of the race, gaining 9 positions from P10 to finish P1.

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Race Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Time	Status	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	10	▲9	1:32:22.851	Finished	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	2	—	+10.496	Finished	18
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1	▼2	+13.576	Finished	15
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	4	—	+39.940	Finished	13
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6	▲1	+49.517	Finished	10
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	3	▼3	+51.820	Finished	8
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	7	—	—	+1 Lap	6
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	8	—	—	+1 Lap	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	12	▲3	—	+1 Lap	2
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	5	▼5	—	+1 Lap	1
11	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	9	▼2	—	+1 Lap	0
12	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	—	—	—	+1 Lap	0
13	George Russell	Williams	17	▲4	—	+1 Lap	0
14	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	13	▼1	—	+1 Lap	0
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	15	—	—	+1 Lap	0
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	16	—	—	+1 Lap	0
17	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	19	▲2	—	+2 Laps	0
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	18	—	—	+2 Laps	0
R	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	11	—	—	Power loss	0
R	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14	—	—	Collision damage	0

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:08.733	1:08.068	1:07.934
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:09.329	1:08.499	1:08.372
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:09.040	1:08.426	1:08.469
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:09.172	1:08.973	1:08.483
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:09.347	1:08.903	1:08.777
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:09.046	1:09.031	1:08.826
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:09.155	1:08.859	1:08.960
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:09.365	1:09.030	1:08.980
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:09.374	1:09.093	1:09.039
10	Fernando Alonso	Alpine F1 Team	1:09.391	1:09.137	1:09.113
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:09.430	1:09.189	—
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:09.451	1:09.399	—
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:09.350	1:09.483	—
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:09.598	1:09.503	—
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:09.342	1:10.227	—
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:09.663	—	—
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:09.897	—	—
18	George Russell	Williams	1:09.953	—	—
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas F1 Team	1:10.329	—	—
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas F1 Team	1:10.589	—	—

Pit Stop Strategy

P1Hamilton

4 stops

P2Verstappen

4 stops

P3Bottas

4 stops

P4Pérez

5 stops

P5Leclerc

4 stops

P6Sainz

4 stops

P7Gasly

4 stops

P8Ocon

3 stops

P9Alonso

3 stops

P10Norris

5 stops

Lap 1

Lap 71

Position Changes

Lap Positions (Top 5)

Driver	L5	L10	L15	L20	L25	L30	L35	L40	L45	L50	L55	L60	L65	L70	Final
Hamilton	P3	P3	P3	P2	P2	P3	P2	P1	P2	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P1
Verstappen	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P1	P2	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P2
Bottas	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P1	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Pérez	P2	P2	P2	P3	P3	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4	P4
Leclerc	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P8	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5

2021 São Paulo Grand Prix — FAQ

Who won the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) won the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix on 2021-11-14 at Autódromo José Carlos Pace.

Who finished P1, P2 and P3 at the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix?+

P1: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes). P2: Max Verstappen (Red Bull), +10.496 behind. P3: Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), +13.576 behind.

Who was on pole position for the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix?+

Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix.

Who set the fastest lap at the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix?+

Sergio Pérez set the fastest lap of the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix with a time of 1:11.010.

Which team won the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix?+

Mercedes won the 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton taking victory.

Pit Stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time of Day	Duration
Lando Norris	1	1	14:04:50	27.313
Yuki Tsunoda	1	4	14:08:22	31.939
George Russell	1	6	14:11:08	22.978
Yuki Tsunoda	2	6	14:11:57	17.758
Lando Norris	2	6	14:12:08	17.719
Charles Leclerc	1	7	14:12:40	17.943
Carlos Sainz	1	7	14:12:42	18.460
Sebastian Vettel	1	7	14:12:43	18.107
Esteban Ocon	1	7	14:12:46	19.285
Daniel Ricciardo	1	7	14:12:47	19.732
Fernando Alonso	1	7	14:12:52	17.751
Lance Stroll	1	7	14:12:53	17.948
Antonio Giovinazzi	1	7	14:12:55	17.713
Nikita Mazepin	1	7	14:12:56	17.995
Mick Schumacher	1	7	14:12:57	17.861
Nicholas Latifi	1	7	14:12:59	18.153
Kimi Räikkönen	1	7	14:13:01	18.327
Pierre Gasly	1	7	14:12:45	19.439
Max Verstappen	1	7	14:12:32	17.916
Sergio Pérez	1	7	14:12:34	18.308
Lewis Hamilton	1	7	14:12:37	17.910
Valtteri Bottas	1	7	14:12:38	17.899
George Russell	2	7	14:13:02	20.844
Yuki Tsunoda	3	7	14:13:33	17.711
Lando Norris	3	7	14:13:44	17.673
Carlos Sainz	2	8	14:14:54	18.373
Max Verstappen	2	8	14:14:46	17.807
Sergio Pérez	2	8	14:14:48	18.136
Lewis Hamilton	2	8	14:14:49	18.660
Valtteri Bottas	2	8	14:14:50	17.837
Charles Leclerc	2	8	14:14:52	17.771
Sebastian Vettel	2	8	14:14:57	17.896
Pierre Gasly	2	8	14:14:58	18.608
Esteban Ocon	2	8	14:15:00	17.818
Daniel Ricciardo	2	8	14:15:01	18.347
Fernando Alonso	2	8	14:15:04	17.705
Lance Stroll	2	8	14:15:06	17.935
Antonio Giovinazzi	2	8	14:15:07	17.929
Nikita Mazepin	2	8	14:15:10	18.467
Mick Schumacher	2	8	14:15:11	18.588
Nicholas Latifi	2	8	14:15:12	18.784
Kimi Räikkönen	2	8	14:15:15	18.763
George Russell	3	8	14:15:17	18.179
Lando Norris	4	8	14:15:20	19.176
Yuki Tsunoda	4	8	14:15:18	18.499
Mick Schumacher	3	11	14:20:29	41.173
Nicholas Latifi	3	13	14:23:27	22.936
Lance Stroll	3	22	14:34:51	24.997
Pierre Gasly	3	25	14:38:27	23.116
Carlos Sainz	3	26	14:39:40	23.321
Lewis Hamilton	3	26	14:39:27	22.690
Max Verstappen	3	27	14:40:38	22.722
Charles Leclerc	3	27	14:40:53	22.667
Sergio Pérez	3	28	14:42:01	23.165
Sebastian Vettel	3	28	14:42:22	24.464
Kimi Räikkönen	3	28	14:42:38	23.541
Antonio Giovinazzi	3	29	14:43:50	23.618
Mick Schumacher	4	29	14:44:54	25.597
Esteban Ocon	3	30	14:45:08	23.504
Valtteri Bottas	3	30	14:44:40	23.263
Daniel Ricciardo	3	30	14:44:58	22.839
Nikita Mazepin	3	34	14:50:55	23.546
Fernando Alonso	3	34	14:50:16	24.375
Lando Norris	5	37	14:54:11	24.211
Nicholas Latifi	4	39	14:57:10	22.958
Yuki Tsunoda	5	39	14:56:53	35.416
Max Verstappen	4	40	14:57:11	22.766
Valtteri Bottas	4	41	14:58:30	22.856
George Russell	4	41	14:59:33	23.132
Antonio Giovinazzi	4	42	15:00:49	22.830
Sergio Pérez	4	42	14:59:48	22.656
Lewis Hamilton	4	43	15:00:52	22.664
Pierre Gasly	4	51	15:11:27	23.039
Charles Leclerc	4	52	15:12:32	23.064
Kimi Räikkönen	4	52	15:13:19	22.666
Carlos Sainz	4	53	15:13:50	22.745
Sebastian Vettel	4	55	15:16:50	22.978
Mick Schumacher	5	61	15:26:09	24.627
Sergio Pérez	5	69	15:33:06	22.916