2019 Brazilian Grand Prix

2019 Brazilian Grand Prix
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The Interlagos circuit
Race details
Date	November 17, 2019
Official Name	Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2019
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace Interlagos, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.309km (2.678mi)
Distance	71 laps, 305.909km (190.124 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda
Time	1:07.508
Fastest Lap
Driver	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Time	1:10.698 on lap 43
Podium
First	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda
Second	Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso-Honda
Third	Carlos Sainz, Jr. McLaren-Renault
Lap Leaders

The 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2019) was the twentieth race of the 2019 Formula One season, the forty-seventh time the Brazilian Grand Prix was held on the Formula One calendar, and the thirty-seventh time it was held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace. It was held between 15 November and 17 November 2019.

In qualifying, Max Verstappen took his second pole position, ahead of Sebastian Vettel and recently-crowned Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen and Hamilton were the only front-runners to improve their times in the closing stages.

In the race, Verstappen got off the line well and defended against Hamilton, who moved ahead of Vettel. Despite temporarily losing the lead after being held up by Robert Kubica in the pits at the start of lap 22, Verstappen got back ahead of Hamilton at the end of the lap after both of them caught up to Charles Leclerc, who had then not pitted after starting fourteenth on the grid. The safety car was deployed on lap 54 after Valtteri Bottas pulled off to the side of the track due to a problem with his oil pressure, and Verstappen opted to pit whilst Hamilton did not. When the safety car came in at the end of lap 59, Verstappen immediately took the lead back from Hamilton on the start/finish straight, and Alexander Albon overtook Vettel for third place. With fresher tyres after pitting under the safety car, Leclerc overtook Vettel as well at the first corner on lap 66, but in an attempt to get back past Leclerc on the next straight, Vettel made contact with his teammate, damaging each other's suspensions and putting them both out of the race. Debris from Vettel's shredded tyre scraping against his car floor also damaged Lance Stroll's suspension, and the safety car was called out once again, with Hamilton pitting and dropping behind Albon and Pierre Gasly. After the safety car came in at the end of lap 68, Hamilton got back past Gasly, but on the penultimate lap, he collided with Albon at Turn 11, dropping back behind Gasly and robbing Albon's chances of his first podium. Verstappen went on to take his eighth victory, also his first double. Going side-by-side towards the finish line, Gasly beat Hamilton to second place, earning his first podium and Toro Rosso's third podium overall. Hamilton, with a damaged front wing from his contact with Albon, was soon to be demoted from third to seventh with a five-second time penalty after being deemed responsible for the collision, giving Carlos Sainz, Jr. his first podium after having started from the back of the grid, also marking McLaren's first podium since the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.

Background

Weather conditions
Practice 1	Rain
Practice 2	Cloudy
Practice 3	Partly Cloudy
Qualifying	Partly Cloudy
Race	Sunny

Available Tyres
Hard	C1
Medium	C2
Soft	C3
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

Driver tyre allocations

Driver	Hard	Med	Soft	Driver	Hard	Med	Soft
Hamilton	1	4	8	Bottas	2	3	8
Vettel	1	2	10	Leclerc	1	2	10
Verstappen	1	2	10	Albon	1	2	10
Ricciardo	2	1	10	Hülkenberg	1	2	10
Magnussen	1	2	10	Grosjean	1	2	10
Sainz	2	3	8	Norris	2	3	8
Pérez	1	2	10	Stroll	1	2	10
Räikkönen	2	2	9	Giovinazzi	1	3	9
Kvyat	2	2	9	Gasly	1	3	9
Russell	1	3	9	Kubica	2	2	9
Source

For using a new power unit exceeding the limit of components used, Charles Leclerc was given a ten-place grid penalty for the race.

Entry list

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W10	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	W10	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	Ferrari	SF90	Ferrari	064	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	Ferrari	SF90	Ferrari	064	P
33	Max Verstappen	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB15	Honda	RA619H	P
23	Alexander Albon	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB15	Honda	RA619H	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault F1 Team	Renault	RS19	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault F1 Team	Renault	RS19	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-19	Ferrari	064	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-19	Ferrari	064	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL34	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL34	Renault	E-Tech 19	P
11	Sergio Pérez	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	RP19	BWT Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
18	Lance Stroll	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	RP19	BWT Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo	C38	Ferrari	064	P
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo	C38	Ferrari	064	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR14	Honda	RA619H	P
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Toro Rosso	STR14	Honda	RA619H	P
63	George Russell	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams	FW42	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
88	Robert Kubica	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams	FW42	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
Free Practice 1 only
40	Nicholas Latifi	ROKiT Williams Racing	Williams	FW42	Mercedes	M10 EQ Power+	P
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Practice Overview

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:17.985	7	1:10.194	7	1:09.761	15
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1:18.559	10	1:10.700	18	1:09.585	9
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:17.041	3	1:09.217	1	1:08.664	4
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:19.532	14	1:10.210	8	1:09.619	11
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	No Time	17	1:10.504	16	1:09.798	16
10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:18.100	8	1:10.352	12	1:09.625	12
11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	No Time	18	1:10.443	15	1:09.995	17
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:17.285	4	1:09.238	2	1:08.611	3
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1:19.414	13	1:10.568	17	1:10.312	18
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:19.247	12	1:10.143	6	1:09.713	14
23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	1:16.142	1	1:10.275	9	1:09.136	5
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	1:18.274	9	1:10.424	14	1:09.415	7
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:17.899	6	1:10.325	11	1:09.650	13
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	No Time	19	1:09.351	3	1:08.346	2
40	Nicholas Latifi	Williams-Mercedes	1:20.010	16	DNP	21 !	DNP	21 !
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	No Time	20	1:09.440	5	1:08.320	1
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	1:17.786	5	1:10.310	10	1:09.588	10
63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1:18.779	11	1:11.818	19	1:10.843	19
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:16.693	2	1:09.373	4	1:09.201	6
88	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	DNP	22 !	No Time	20	1:11.205	20
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:19.600	15	1:10.419	13	1:09.462	8
Source:

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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda		1	1:08.242		1	1:07.503		1	1:07.508	1
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		5	1:08.556		3	1:08.050		2	1:07.631	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		6	1:08.614		4	1:08.088		3	1:07.699	3
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		2	1:08.496		2	1:07.888		4	1:07.728	14*
5	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		4	1:08.545		6	1:08.232		5	1:07.874	4
6	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda		3	1:08.503		5	1:08.117		6	1:07.935	5
7	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda		9	1:08.909		8	1:08.770		7	1:08.837	6
8	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		13	1:09.197		7	1:08.705		8	1:08.854	7
9	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		14	1:09.276		10	1:08.858		9	1:08.984	8
10	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari		7	1:08.875		9	1:08.803		10	1:09.037	9
11	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault		8	1:08.891		11	1:08.868				10
12	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault		11	1:09.086		12	1:08.903				11
13	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari		12	1:09.175		13	1:08.919				12
14	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault		10	1:09.050		14	1:08.921				13
15	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes		15	1:09.288		15	1:09.035				15
16	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda		16	1:09.320							16
17	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes		17	1:09.536							17
18	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes		18	1:10.126							18
19	88	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes		19	1:10.614							19
107% time: 1:13.018
NC	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault		20	no time							20†
Source:

• * Leclerc was given a ten-place grid penalty for using his fourth ICE.
• ^† Sainz failed to set a lap time within the 107% rule due to a technical issue. He was given permission from the stewards to take part in the race, and was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his sixth ICE, fifth turbocharger, fifth MGU-H, fifth MGU-K, fifth ES and fourth CE.

Grid

	Pos	Pos
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	Max Verstappen
	Sebastian Vettel	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Lewis Hamilton
	Valtteri Bottas	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Alexander Albon
	Pierre Gasly	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	Romain Grosjean
	Kimi Räikkönen	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Kevin Magnussen
	Lando Norris	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Daniel Ricciardo
	Antonio Giovinazzi	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Nico Hülkenberg
	Charles Leclerc*	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	Sergio Pérez
	Daniil Kvyat	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	Lance Stroll
	George Russell	______________
Row 10	______________	19
	20	Robert Kubica
	Carlos Sainz, Jr.†	______________

Source

• * Leclerc was given a ten-place grid penalty for using his fourth ICE.
• ^† Sainz failed to set a lap time within the 107% rule due to a technical issue. He was given permission from the stewards to take part in the race, and was forced to start from the back of the grid after using his sixth ICE, fifth turbocharger, fifth MGU-H, fifth MGU-K, fifth ES and fourth CE.

Race

Report

Hannah Schmitz Red Bull team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer’s award.

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	71	1h 33m 14.678s	1	25
2	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda	71	+6.077s	6	18
3	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	McLaren-Renault	71	+8.896s	20	15
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	71	+9.452s	8	12
5	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	71	+10.201s	12	10
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	71	+10.541s	11	8
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+11.139s*	3	6
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	71	+11.204s	10	4
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	71	+11.529s	15	2
10	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Honda	71	+11.931s	16	1
11	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	71	+12.732s	9
12	63	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	71	+13.599s	18
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	71	+14.247s	7
14	23	Alexander Albon	Red Bull-Honda	71	+14.927s	5
15	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	71	+18.059s†	13
16	88	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	19
17	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	65	Collision	2
18	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	65	Collision	14
19	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	65	Suspension	17
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	51	Oil pressure	4
Source:

• * Hamilton originally finished third, but was given a five-second time penalty for colliding with Albon.
• ^† Hülkenberg originally finished twelfth, but was given a five-second time penalty for overtaking under safety car conditions.

Milestones

• First podium for Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz, Jr..
• Max Verstappen's first double, 30th podium and 75th points finish.
• The 5000th lap led by a Honda-powered car. Verstappen has also led 500 laps.
• The first 1-2 finish for Honda-powered cars since the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix.
• The 100th podium for a Spanish driver.
• McLaren's first podium since the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.
• Verstappen, Gasly and Sainz's podium finishes break the record of the youngest combined podium age from the 2008 Italian Grand Prix.

Notes

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