São Paulo Grand Prix
2023 · Round 20 · São Paulo, Brazil · Nov 3-5, 2023Race summary
Verstappen won the race from 1st on the grid, 8.277s ahead of Norris. Gasly was the standout mover, climbing from 15th to 7th. Piastri lost the most ground, from 10th on the grid down to 14th (down 4 places). The safety car was deployed on lap 1. The race was stopped with a red flag on laps 2-3. The race started dry but rain fell as it progressed. The winner made 4 pit stops: on lap 1 (soft → soft), on lap 2 (soft → soft), on lap 27 (soft → medium), on lap 56 (medium → soft). The fastest pit stop went to Alonso (Aston Martin) on lap 1, with 18.4s pit lane time. Norris set the fastest lap, in 1:12.486.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 71 | 1:56:48.894 | 25 |
| 2 | Lando Norris 1:12.486 | McLaren | 6 | 71 | +8.277 | 19 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 4 | 71 | +34.155 | 15 |
| 4 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 9 | 71 | +34.208 | 12 |
| 5 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 3 | 71 | +40.845 | 10 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 7 | 71 | +50.188 | 8 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 15 | 71 | +56.093 | 6 |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 5 | 71 | +1:02.859 | 4 |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 16 | 71 | +1:09.880 | 2 |
| 10 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 14 | 70 | +9.841 | 1 |
| 11 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 19 | 70 | +26.208 | 0 |
| 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 11 | 70 | +29.960 | 0 |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | 17 | 70 | +1:09.961 | 0 |
| 14 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 10 | 69 | +3.636 | 0 |
| – | George Russell | Mercedes | 8 | 57 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 18 | 39 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 20 | 22 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 12 | 0 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Alexander Albon | Williams | 13 | 0 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 2 | 0 | Did not start | 0 |