São Paulo 2023: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:10.436	1:10.162	1:10.727
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:10.472	1:10.303	1:11.021	+0.294
3	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:10.551	1:10.375	1:11.344	+0.617
4	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:10.557	1:10.237	1:11.387	+0.660
5	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:10.604	1:10.266	1:11.469	+0.742
6	Russell	Mercedes	1:10.340	1:10.316	1:11.590	+0.863
7	Norris	McLaren	1:10.623	1:10.021	1:11.987	+1.260
8	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:10.624	1:10.254	1:11.989	+1.262
9	Pérez	Red Bull	1:10.668	1:10.219	1:12.321	+1.594
10	Piastri	McLaren	1:10.519	1:10.330		+0.309
11	Hülkenberg	Haas	1:10.475	1:10.547		+0.526
12	Ocon	Alpine	1:10.763	1:10.562		+0.541
13	Gasly	Alpine	1:10.793	1:10.567		+0.546
14	Magnussen	Haas	1:10.602	1:10.723		+0.702
15	Albon	Williams	1:10.621	1:10.840		+0.819
16	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:10.837			+0.497
17	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:10.843			+0.503
18	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:10.955			+0.615
19	Sargeant	Williams	1:11.035			+0.695
20	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:11.275			+0.935

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Norris	McLaren	1:11.824	1:11.221	1:10.622
2	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:11.888	1:11.262	1:10.683	+0.061
3	Pérez	Red Bull	1:12.218	1:11.230	1:10.756	+0.134
4	Russell	Mercedes	1:11.976	1:11.516	1:10.857	+0.235
5	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:11.870	1:11.476	1:10.940	+0.318
6	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:12.358	1:11.676	1:11.019	+0.397
7	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:12.107	1:11.473	1:11.077	+0.455
8	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:12.175	1:11.423	1:11.122	+0.500
9	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:11.796	1:11.491	1:11.126	+0.504
10	Piastri	McLaren	1:12.356	1:11.648	1:11.189	+0.567
11	Magnussen	Haas	1:12.058	1:11.727		+0.506
12	Hülkenberg	Haas	1:12.136	1:11.752		+0.531
13	Gasly	Alpine	1:12.229	1:11.822		+0.601
14	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:12.303	1:11.872		+0.651
15	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:12.224			+0.428
16	Ocon	Alpine	1:12.388			+0.592
17	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:12.482			+0.686
18	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:12.497			+0.701
19	Albon	Williams	1:12.525			+0.729
20	Sargeant	Williams	1:12.615			+0.819

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	2	30:07.209	8
2	Norris	McLaren	1	+4.287	7
3	Pérez	Red Bull	3	+13.617	6
4	Russell	Mercedes	4	+25.879	5
5	Leclerc	Ferrari	7	+28.560	4
6	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	6	+29.210	3
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	5	+34.726	2
8	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	9	+35.106	1
9	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	8	+35.303
10	Piastri	McLaren	10	+38.219
11	Alonso	Aston Martin	15	+39.061
12	Stroll	Aston Martin	17	+39.478
13	Gasly	Alpine	13	+40.621
14	Ocon	Alpine	16	+42.848
15	Albon	Williams	19	+43.394
16	Magnussen	Haas	11	+56.507
17	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	18	+58.723
18	Hülkenberg	Haas	12	+1:00.330
19	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	14	+1:00.749
20	Sargeant	Williams	20	+1:00.945

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	71	1:56:48.894	4	Honda RBPT
2	Lando NorrisFastest lapDriver of the Day	McLaren	6	71	+8.277	4	Mercedes
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	4	71	+34.155	4	Mercedes
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	9	71	+34.208	4	Honda RBPT
5	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	3	71	+40.845	4	Mercedes
6	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	7	71	+50.188	4	Ferrari
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	15	71	+56.093	4	Renault
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	5	71	+1:02.859	4	Mercedes
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	16	71	+1:09.880	4	Honda RBPT
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	14	70	+1 lap	5	Renault
11	Logan Sargeant	Williams	19	70	+1 lap	4	Mercedes
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	11	70	+1 lap	4	Ferrari
13	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	17	70	+1 lap	4	Honda RBPT
14	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	10	69	+2 laps	4	Mercedes
DNF	George Russell	Mercedes	8	57	Overheating	4	Mercedes
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	18	39	Hydraulics	3	Ferrari
DNF	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	20	22	Engine	3	Ferrari
DNF	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	12	0	Collision	0	Ferrari
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	13	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNS	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2		Hydraulics	0	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Russell Qualified 6, started 8 · 2-place penalty
Ocon Qualified 12, started 14 · 2-place penalty
Gasly Qualified 13, started 15 · 2-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Gasly15→7+8
Sargeant19→11+8
Tsunoda16→9+7
Pérez9→4+5
Norris6→2+4
Ocon14→10+4
Ricciardo17→13+4
Alonso4→3+1
Sainz Jr.7→6+1
Verstappen1→10
Hülkenberg11→12-1
Stroll3→5-2
Hamilton5→8-3
Piastri10→14-4

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Alonso18.487R1
2Stroll18.504R1
3Hamilton18.521R1
4Verstappen18.535R1
5Norris19.386R1
6Russell20.449R1
7Gasly20.523R1
8Bottas20.732R1
9Pérez20.811R1
10Tsunoda20.969R1

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen112529154 stops
Norris112532124 stops
Alonso112322244 stops
Pérez111826254 stops
Stroll112030194 stops
Sainz Jr.112425204 stops
Gasly112420254 stops
Hamilton111628254 stops
Tsunoda112429164 stops
Ocon11121720195 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

RussellOverheatingMercedes
BottasHydraulicsAlfa Romeo
ZhouEngineAlfa Romeo
MagnussenCollisionHaas
AlbonCollisionWilliams
LeclercHydraulicsFerrari

This race in history

39 races here since 1973Won from pole: 16 of 39

Win from furthest back (P10): Lewis Hamilton 2021

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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