São Paulo Grand Prix
2024 · Round 21 · São Paulo, Brazil · Nov 1-3, 2024Race summary
Victory went to Verstappen (from 17th on the grid), with a 19.5s margin. Verstappen made the biggest gain, from 17th on the grid to 1st (up 16 places). Norris had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 6th. The safety car was deployed on laps 30-31 and on laps 39-42. A virtual safety car (VSC) period was in effect on laps 27-28. The race was stopped with a red flag on laps 32-33. The race started in wet conditions. The winner made one pit stop: on lap 32 (intermediate → intermediate). The fastest pit stop went to Leclerc (Ferrari) on lap 24, with 2.6s stationary time. The fastest lap of the race belonged to Verstappen (1:20.472).
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen 1:20.472 | Red Bull | 17 | 69 | 2:06:54.430 | 26 |
| 2 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 4 | 69 | +19.477 | 18 |
| 3 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 13 | 69 | +22.532 | 15 |
| 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 2 | 69 | +23.265 | 12 |
| 5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 6 | 69 | +30.177 | 10 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1 | 69 | +31.372 | 8 |
| 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB F1 Team | 3 | 69 | +42.056 | 6 |
| 8 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 8 | 69 | +44.943 | 4 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | RB F1 Team | 5 | 69 | +50.452 | 2 |
| 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 14 | 69 | +50.753 | 1 |
| 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 12 | 69 | +51.531 | 0 |
| 12 | Oliver Bearman | Haas F1 Team | 15 | 69 | +57.085 | 0 |
| 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 11 | 69 | +1:03.588 | 0 |
| 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 9 | 69 | +1:18.049 | 0 |
| 15 | Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 19 | 69 | +1:19.649 | 0 |
| – | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 20 | 38 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Franco Colapinto | Williams | 16 | 30 | Retired | 0 |
| – | Alexander Albon | Williams | 7 | 0 | Did not start | 0 |
| – | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 10 | 0 | Did not start | 0 |
| – | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 0 | Disqualified | 0 |