São Paulo Grand Prix
2021 · Round 19 · São Paulo, Brazil · Nov 12-14, 2021Race summary
Hamilton won the race from 10th on the grid, 10.5s ahead of Verstappen. Hamilton was the standout mover, climbing from 10th to 1st. Norris lost the most ground, from 5th on the grid down to 10th (down 5 places). The safety car was deployed on laps 6-9. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on laps 12-14 and on laps 30-31. The winner made 4 pit stops: on lap 7 (medium → medium), on lap 8 (medium → medium), on lap 26 (medium → hard), on lap 43 (hard → hard). The fastest pit stop went to Norris (McLaren) on lap 7, with 17.6s pit lane time. Pérez set the fastest lap, in 1:11.010.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 10 | 71 | 1:32:22.851 | 25 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 2 | 71 | +10.496 | 18 |
| 3 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1 | 71 | +13.576 | 15 |
| 4 | Sergio Pérez 1:11.010 | Red Bull | 4 | 71 | +39.940 | 13 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 6 | 71 | +49.517 | 10 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 3 | 71 | +51.820 | 8 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 7 | 70 | +1 Lap | 6 |
| 8 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 8 | 70 | +1 Lap | 4 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 12 | 70 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 10 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 5 | 70 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 11 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 9 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 12 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | – | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 13 | George Russell | Williams | 17 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 14 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 13 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 15 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 15 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 16 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 16 | 70 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 17 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 19 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 69 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| – | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 11 | 49 | Power loss | 0 |
| – | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 14 | 47 | Collision damage | 0 |