2024 São Paulo Grand Prix
| 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 21 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Autódromo José Carlos Pace | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 3 November 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Lenovo Grande Prêmio de São Paulo 2024 | ||||
| Location |
Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo, Brazil | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.309 km (2.677 miles) | ||||
| Scheduled distance | 71 laps, 305.879 km (190.064 miles) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:23.405 | ||||
The 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Lenovo Grande Prêmio de São Paulo 2024) is a Formula One motor race scheduled to be held on 3 November 2024 at the Interlagos Circuit in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the twenty-first round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the fifth Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format.
Oscar Piastri of McLaren took pole position for the sprint event, and then ceded position to his teammate Lando Norris in the closing laps of the sprint. Norris won his first sprint race ahead of Piastri and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing initially finished third, but was later penalised for a virtual safety car infringement, ending up fourth. Norris took pole position for the main race in a qualifying session disrupted by five red flags, ahead of George Russell and Yuki Tsunoda of RB, who qualified in a career-best third.
Background
The event will be held at the Interlagos Circuit in São Paulo for the 41st time in the circuit's history, having previously held thirty-seven editions of the Brazilian Grand Prix, across the weekend of 1–3 November.[2] The Grand Prix will be the twenty-first round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the fourth held under the name of the São Paulo Grand Prix, having previously been titled the Brazilian Grand Prix.[3][4] It will also be the fifth of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format and the fourth time overall that the São Paulo Grand Prix has featured it.[5]
Championship standings before the race
Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen leads the Drivers' Championship with 362 points, 47 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 71 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. McLaren, holding 566 points, enters this round as the leader of the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and Red Bull Racing, who are second and third with 537 and 512 points, respectively.[6]
Entrants
The drivers and teams are the same as the season entry list with two exceptions:[7] Franco Colapinto, who replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams from the Italian Grand Prix onwards, and Liam Lawson, who replaced Daniel Ricciardo at RB from the United States Grand Prix.[8][9][10] Reserve driver Oliver Bearman replaced Kevin Magnussen at Haas for the free practice and sprint sessions as Magnussen felt unwell.[11] This was later expanded to the rest of the weekend following sprint qualifying.[12][13]
Tyre choices
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the softest three in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.[14]
Practice
The only free practice session was held on 1 November 2024, at 11:30 local time (UTC−3),[1] and was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren ahead of George Russell of Mercedes and Oliver Bearman of Haas.[15]
Sprint qualifying
Sprint qualifying was held on 1 November 2024, at 15:30 local time (UTC−3), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint.[1]
Sprint qualifying classification
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Sprint grid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQ1 | SQ2 | SQ3 | |||||
| 1 | 81 |  Oscar Piastri
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:10.265 | 1:09.239 | 1:08.899 | 1 |
| 2 | 4 |  Lando Norris
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:09.477 | 1:09.063 | 1:08.928 | 2 |
| 3 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari | 1:10.388 | 1:09.248 | 1:09.153 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:10.409 | 1:09.489 | 1:09.219 | 4 |
| 5 | 55 |  Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Ferrari | 1:10.503 | 1:09.500 | 1:09.257 | 5 |
| 6 | 63 | George Russell
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Mercedes | 1:10.479 | 1:09.683 | 1:09.443 | 6 |
| 7 | 10 |  Pierre Gasly
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Alpine-Renault | 1:10.630 | 1:09.610 | 1:09.622 | 7 |
| 8 | 30 |  Liam Lawson
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RB-Honda RBPT | 1:10.576 | 1:09.827 | 1:09.941 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 |  Alexander Albon
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:10.366 | 1:09.844 | 1:10.078 | 9 |
| 10 | 50 | Oliver Bearman
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:10.442 | 1:09.629 | No time | 10 |
| 11 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | 1:10.625 | 1:09.941 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 27 |  Nico Hülkenberg
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:10.466 | 1:09.964 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:10.392 | 1:10.024 | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 43 |  Franco Colapinto
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:10.470 | 1:10.275 | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas
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Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:10.861 | 1:10.595 | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:10.978 | N/A | N/A | PL1 |
| 17 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Alpine-Renault | 1:11.052 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 18 | 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda
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RB-Honda RBPT | 1:11.121 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 19 | 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:11:280 | N/A | N/A | PL1 |
| 20 | 24 |  Zhou Guanyu
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Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:12.978 | N/A | N/A | PL1 |
| 107% time: 1:14.340 | |||||||
| Source:[16][17] | |||||||
Notes
- ^1 – Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll and Zhou Guanyu qualified 16th, 19th and 20th, respectively, but were required to start the sprint from the pit lane as their cars were modified under parc fermé conditions.[17]
Sprint
The sprint was held on 2 November 2024, at 11:00 local time (UTC−3), and was run for 24 laps.[1]
Sprint report
The sprint was held in cloudy conditions, facilitating the usage of slick tyres. Sprint polesitter Oscar Piastri led the majority of the race, but ceded position to Lando Norris to allow his teammate to maximise his points for his championship fight. Both drivers were being trailed by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing, who had already dispatched of Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. On lap 19, a double-waved yellow flag was observed due to Nico Hülkenberg's smoking Haas, who had a mechanical problem with three laps to go, so the McLaren pit wall ordered the drivers to swap positions on lap 22 should the race end under the safety car; McLaren initially planned for the two drivers to swap late in the race, and Piastri was willing to swap positions to aid his teammate.[18] A late virtual safety car was called out shortly after the two drivers swapped positions and after Hülkenberg had vacated his car, and ended on the dying moments of the final lap. Other than Hülkenberg's mechanical failure, there were no major incidents on track. Norris won his first sprint race event ahead of Piastri and Verstappen, who finished third on track,[19] but the latter was placed under investigation following the sprint for a virtual safety car infringement. Verstappen was demoted to fourth after being given a five-second time penalty, and Leclerc inherited third in his place.[20]
Sprint classification
Notes
- ^1 – Max Verstappen finished third on track, but received a post-sprint five-second time penalty for a virtual safety car infringement.[21]
Qualifying
Qualifying was scheduled to be held on 2 November 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC−3), but was postponed to the following day, at 7:30 local time, due to adverse weather conditions.[23][24] The session determined the starting grid order for the main race.[1]
Qualifying classification
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | Lando Norris
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:30.944 | 1:24.844 | 1:23.405 | |
| 2 | 63 | George Russell
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Mercedes | 1:29.121 | 1:26.307 | 1:23.578 | |
| 3 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda
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RB-Honda RBPT | 1:29.172 | 1:26.464 | 1:24.111 | |
| 4 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Alpine-Renault | 1:29.171 | 1:26.206 | 1:24.475 | |
| 5 | 30 | Liam Lawson
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RB-Honda RBPT | 1:30.758 | 1:25.654 | 1:24.484 | |
| 6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari | 1:29.839 | 1:26.097 | 1:24.525 | |
| 7 | 23 | Alexander Albon
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:29.072 | 1:25.889 | 1:24.657 | |
| 8 | 81 | Oscar Piastri
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:30.114 | 1:25.035 | 1:28.998 | |
| 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:30.207 | 1:25.035 | 1:28.998 | |
| 10 | 18 | Lance Stroll
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Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:30.580 | 1:26.334 | No time | |
| 11 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:30.633 | 1:26.472 | N/A | |
| 12 | 1 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:28.522 | 1:27.771 | N/A | |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:30.035 | 1:29.406 | N/A | |
| 14 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Ferrari | 1:30.303 | 1:29.406 | N/A | |
| 15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Alpine-Renault | 1:29.420 | 1:29.614 | N/A | |
| 16 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | 1:31.150 | N/A | N/A | |
| 17 | 50 | Oliver Bearman
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:31.229 | N/A | N/A | |
| 18 | 43 | Franco Colapinto
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:31.270 | N/A | N/A | |
| 19 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:31.623 | N/A | N/A | |
| 20 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu
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Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:32.263 | N/A | N/A | |
| 107% time: | |||||||
| Source: | |||||||
Race
The race was scheduled to be held on 3 November 2024, at 14:00 local time (UTC−3), but was moved to 12:30 local time as the qualifying session was postponed to race day due to adverse weather conditions.[24] The race is scheduled to run for 71 laps.[1]
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- ^ "Williams Racing announces that Franco Colapinto will race with the team for the remainder of the 2024 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season". Williams Racing. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
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"Haas F1 Team can confirm that Kevin Magnussen will not compete in the São Paulo Grand Prix and Oliver Bearman will race for the team for the remainder of the weekend," the team shared in a statement, with Autosport understanding Magnussen's symptoms are nausea-related.
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- ^ "These are the tyres for the Americas". Pirelli.com. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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- ^ "Norris takes victory in the Sao Paulo Sprint ahead of Piastri after McLaren driver switch". Formula 1.com. 2 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
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