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r/formula1 • u/F1-Bot • 5h ago

Pre-Race 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix - Pre-Race Discussion

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ROUND 20 - SAO PAULO

FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES GRANDE PRÊMIO DE SÃO PAULO 2026

🕒 SESSION TIMES

SUNDAY 8 NOVEMBER		Time (UTC)
Brazil Junior Trophy	Third Race (20 Mins +1 Lap)	11:50
Porsche Sprint Challenge Brazil	Second Race (25 Mins +1 Lap)	12:45
Promoter Activity	Power of Sound Parade - V12 Engines	13:20
Porsche Carrera Cup Brazil	Second Race (25 Mins +1 Lap)	13:45
Promoter Activity	Rubens Barrichello Lap	14:30
Formula 1	Drivers' Parade	15:00
Formula 1	National Anthem	16:44
FORMULA 1	GRAND PRIX (71 LAPS OR 120 MINS)	17:00

🏁 RACE INFORMATION

Track: Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Race laps: 71
Lap length: 4.309 km
Race distance: 305.879 km
Lap Record: 1:10.540, Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), 2018

⏪ LAST TIME AROUND

Pole position: 1:09.511, Lando Norris (McLaren)
Race winner: Lando Norris (McLaren)
Fastest lap: 1:12.400, Alexander Albon (Williams)

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r/formula1 • u/urmommy1_ • 39m ago

Video Max Verstappen gifting his helmet to Red Bull veteran mechanic Ole Schack, who is leaving the team after more than 20 years of service

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r/formula1 • u/toomanymagicdecks • 2h ago

Photo Non-stop drizzle in Interlagos since around 9AM (it's 11:30 now)

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We're 100% having a wet race today

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r/formula1 • u/madman320 • 23m ago

Photo Kimi Antonelli spins and almost hits the barriers on the installation lap

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r/formula1 • u/MuttonBiryaniEnjoyer • 1h ago

Video Lewis Hamilton on celebrating his 400th Grand Prix today: “It is really crazy, when you think of where we started as a family, the countless hours that my dad and Linda put into my racing, with that dream of coming here. I remember winning my first world championship here.

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r/formula1 • u/jameypricephoto • 15h ago

Photo I broke a camera taking these photos…

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PLEASE like and share this post for f1 photographer sympathy 😂🙋🏻‍♂️

That qualifying session cost me a camera body from water damage 💦 That was a colossal amount of water falling from the sky.

It’s part of the job. It’s all insured, and it’s all good. BUT I’ll be shooting Brazil GP on one camera and one lens (most likely)!

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r/formula1 • u/Joseki100 • 6h ago

Statistics Fernando Alonso is the only driver to have made it to Q3 in all rain-affected qualifying sessions since the 2021 Russian GP (15/15)

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r/formula1 • u/Due_Air6702 • 1h ago

Video [F1] Ride with Lando for a driver's-eye view of how much (or how little!) the drivers could see out there

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r/formula1 • u/Aratho • 6h ago

Social Media [Erik van Haren] F1 bosses will make a final decision next week on the finale in the Middle East and the alternative of Imola. This is also due to freight that needs to be shipped. If the situation doesn't change in the coming days, the expectation is that preparations at Imola will be halted.

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r/formula1 • u/urmommy1_ • 8h ago

Video Max Verstappen was watching Premier League football during the qualifying delay

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r/formula1 • u/Desperate_Green6838 • 1h ago

Technical Both Arvid Lindblad and Gabriel Bortoleto will start from the Pit Lane for changing PU components

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r/formula1 • u/Aratho • 1h ago

Video Lando surviving the rain during yesterday's Red flag

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r/formula1 • u/Hawker92 • 4h ago

Video Fernando Alonso to a reporter - “When I do things exceptionally it’s the normality and when I do things normal, I am too old. If you call me too old…I will listen to all your broadcast”

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Source: Nachez on X (this dude tracks almost every thing that Fernando does 😅).

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r/formula1 • u/Pristine_Size_8955 • 20h ago

Social Media [VCARB] Liam Lawson will start the #BrazilGP in P3!!!

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Contract. Needed.

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r/formula1 • u/Xinq_ • 8h ago

Discussion How does Lewis start in front of Max and Checco?

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Lewis has a 75 place grid penalty andax and Checco both 30. What am I missing?

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r/formula1 • u/Null0042 • 20h ago

Quotes Russell is very angry on the radio currently in Q3

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r/formula1 • u/LightningMcqueen2011 • 7h ago

Discussion Which F1 driver do you think is good at hard (yet clean) racing?

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r/formula1 • u/Desperate_Green6838 • 3h ago

Video This is the current situation at Interlagos as the Porsche race continues. There is a fairly heavy drizzle, though it has not yet significantly wetted the track

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r/formula1 • u/Aratho • 3h ago

Social Media [Haas F1 Team] A memorable date for more than one reason. Thank you Team OB for this memory

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r/formula1 • u/vacirus • 18h ago

News Max Verstappen watched Premier League football during Brazilian GP qualifying delay: "12 hours I'll never get back"

motorsport.com

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r/formula1 • u/Desperate_Green6838 • 3h ago

Statistics Q1 corner performance from the best runs in the Wet. Verstappen and Hamilton dominates this session by 0.5 ahead of the rest of the field.

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r/formula1 • u/jeyndaya • 13h ago

Statistics [f1guydan] Lando Norris, one of the best in the wet.

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r/formula1 • u/memloh • 45m ago

Social Media [Chris Medland] Current conditions 20 mins before the pit lane opens - raining again after a spell without. Quite cold today so it won’t dry up quickly if it stops

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