A few interesting statistical compilations of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix results…
Qualification
After qualifying in Sao Paulo, Kevin Magnussen won the first pole position for himself, his team and his country.
Kevin qualified in his 141st Grand Prix to become the third longest-waited pole in history behind Carlos Sainz (he waited 151 Grands Prix) and Sergio Pérez (216 Grands Prix).
The 143rd Grand Prix brought pole position to the Haas F1 team – they are the absolute champions in this indicator. In second place is the BAR team, which had to wait for the 87th Grand Prix pole position.
Haas F1 is the first American team to win qualifying since Tom Price’s pole position in the Shadow in UK’75.
Denmark became the 24th country with a qualifying winner. Mexico was 23rd thanks to a pole position from Perez in Jeddah. 22nd – Netherlands, thanks to the success of Max Verstappen.
Kevin Magnussen became the 24th driver to take pole at Interlagos. Haas F1 is the eleventh team.
Max Verstappen qualified second and missed out on sprint pole for the first time this year.
George Russell came into the top three in qualifying for the second time in a row.
Valtteri Bottas has been eliminated in the first part of qualifying for the fourth time in the last eight Grands Prix.
For the third time this season, Mick Schumacher closed the qualifying protocol.
Race
George Russell took the first victory of his career by winning the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
For Mercedes, this is the first win of the season and the 125th in history – the team is third in this indicator, behind McLaren (183 wins) and Ferrari (242 wins).
Russell became the 113th race winner in Formula One history and the 20th British Briton to win a Grand Prix.
For the first time in Formula 1, the British national anthem was sung in the God Save the King version.
Lewis Hamilton finished second, Mercedes’ 59th double win since the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in 2020. This is the first double win for British drivers since Canada’10, where Hamilton and Button took 1st and 2nd.
Carlos Sainz finished third, earning his ninth podium this year, 15th in his career and 797th in Ferrari history.
His teammate Charles Leclerc finished fourth, giving Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez points for second place in the individual standings.
Fernando Alonso finishes fifth and repeats his best result of the season for the third time.
Sixth place is Max Verstappen’s worst result at Interlagos since his move to Red Bull in 2016.
For the first time since Monaco’17, both McLaren drivers retired. For Ricciardo, this is the 37th retirement in his career (he went to 16% of the races held), for Norris – the 10th (12.3%).
Source: F1 News
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