São Paulo 2025: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Norris	McLaren	1:09.656	1:09.616	1:09.511
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:10.192	1:09.774	1:09.685	+0.174
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:09.934	1:09.801	1:09.805	+0.294
4	Piastri	McLaren	1:09.928	1:09.835	1:09.886	+0.375
5	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:10.083	1:09.970	1:09.931	+0.420
6	Russell	Mercedes	1:09.935	1:09.880	1:09.942	+0.431
7	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:10.108	1:09.950	1:09.962	+0.451
8	Bearman	Haas	1:09.891	1:09.755	1:09.977	+0.466
9	Gasly	Alpine	1:09.885	1:09.857	1:10.002	+0.491
10	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:10.337	1:09.985	1:10.039	+0.528
11	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:10.181	1:10.001		+0.385
12	Albon	Williams	1:10.115	1:10.053		+0.437
13	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:10.016	1:10.100		+0.484
14	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:10.041	1:10.161		+0.545
15	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:10.184	1:10.472		+0.856
16	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:10.403			+0.747
17	Ocon	Haas	1:10.438			+0.782
18	Colapinto	Alpine	1:10.632			+0.976
19	Tsunoda	Red Bull	1:10.711			+1.055

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	1:09.627	1:09.373	1:09.243
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:10.381	1:09.504	1:09.340	+0.097
3	Piastri	McLaren	1:10.017	1:09.416	1:09.428	+0.185
4	Russell	Mercedes	1:10.048	1:09.384	1:09.495	+0.252
5	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:10.011	1:09.330	1:09.496	+0.253
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:09.975	1:09.707	1:09.580	+0.337
7	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:10.326	1:09.647	1:09.671	+0.428
8	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:10.324	1:09.732	1:09.725	+0.482
9	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:10.095	1:09.608	1:09.775	+0.532
10	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:10.333	1:09.735	1:09.935	+0.692
11	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:10.224	1:09.811		+0.481
12	Albon	Williams	1:10.275	1:09.813		+0.483
13	Gasly	Alpine	1:10.097	1:09.852		+0.522
14	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:10.217	1:09.923		+0.593
15	Bearman	Haas	1:10.066	1:09.946		+0.616
16	Colapinto	Alpine	1:10.441			+0.814
17	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:10.666			+1.039
18	Tsunoda	Red Bull	1:10.692			+1.065
19	Ocon	Haas	1:10.872			+1.245
20	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:11.120			+1.493

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	Norris	McLaren	1	53:25.928	8
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	2	+0.845	7
3	Russell	Mercedes	4	+2.318	6
4	Verstappen	Red Bull	6	+4.423	5
5	Leclerc	Ferrari	8	+16.483	4
6	Alonso	Aston Martin	5	+18.306	3
7	Hamilton	Ferrari	11	+18.603	2
8	Gasly	Alpine	13	+19.366	1
9	Stroll	Aston Martin	7	+23.933
10	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	9	+29.548
11	Ocon	Haas	18	+31.000
12	Bearman	Haas	15	+36.334
13	Tsunoda	Red Bull	19	+38.462
14	Sainz Jr.	Williams	20	+38.951
15	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	10	+42.349
16	Lawson	Racing Bulls	17	+43.090
17	Albon	Williams	12	+55.456
18	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	14	Accident
DNF	Piastri	McLaren	3	Accident
DNF	Colapinto	Alpine	16	Accident

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	71	1:32:01.596	2	Mercedes
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	2	71	+10.388	2	Mercedes
3	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	PL	71	+10.750	3	Honda RBPT
4	George Russell	Mercedes	6	71	+15.267	2	Mercedes
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	4	71	+15.749	2	Mercedes
6	Oliver Bearman	Haas	8	71	+29.630	2	Ferrari
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	7	71	+52.642	1	Honda RBPT
8	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	5	71	+52.873	2	Honda RBPT
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	10	71	+53.324	1	Ferrari
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	9	71	+53.914	2	Renault
11	Alexander AlbonFastest lap	Williams	12	71	+54.184	2	Mercedes
12	Esteban Ocon	Haas	PL	71	+54.696	2	Ferrari
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	15	71	+55.420	2	Mercedes
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	11	71	+55.766	2	Mercedes
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	16	71	+57.777	2	Renault
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14	71	+58.247	2	Mercedes
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	17	71	+1:09.176	3	Honda RBPT
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	13	37	Collision damage	3	Ferrari
DNF	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	5	Collision	0	Ferrari
DNF	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	18	0	Accident	0	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Verstappen Qualified 16, started PL
Ocon Qualified 17, started PL

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

Race

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Places gained

VerstappenPL→3+16
OconPL→12+8
Russell6→4+2
Bearman8→6+2
Sainz Jr.15→13+2
Hülkenberg10→9+1
Albon12→11+1
Colapinto16→15+1
Norris1→10
Antonelli2→20
Lawson7→70
Tsunoda17→170
Piastri4→5-1
Gasly9→10-1
Stroll14→16-2
Hadjar5→8-3
Alonso11→14-3

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

Fastest pit stops

1Lawson22.899R19
2Stroll22.968R54
3Tsunoda22.974R2
4Verstappen23.058R34
5Albon23.061R35
6Hülkenberg23.086R36
7Albon23.112R55
8Piastri23.113R51
9Russell23.128R48
10Verstappen23.197R7

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

Stints of the top 10

Norris3020212 stops
Antonelli2126242 stops
Verstappen72720173 stops
Russell3414232 stops
Piastri3813202 stops
Bearman1725292 stops
Lawson19521 stop
Hadjar1819342 stops
Hülkenberg36351 stop
Gasly1821322 stops

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

HamiltonCollision damageFerrari
LeclercCollisionFerrari
BortoletoAccidentKick Sauber

This race in history

41 races here since 1973Won from pole: 17 of 41

Win from furthest back (P17): Max Verstappen 2024

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

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