2019 Brazilian Grand Prix

 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
20th of 21 races in the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2019
Date:	17th November 2019
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	305.909 km in 71 laps of 4.309 km
Pole position
Driver:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda
Time:	1: 07.508 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
Time:	1: 10.698 min (lap 43)
Podium
First:	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda
Second:	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
Third:	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault

The 2019 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially Formula 1 Heineken Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2019 ) took place on November 17th at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo and was the twentieth race of the 2019 Formula 1 World Championship .

report

backgrounds

After the US Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton was 67 points ahead of Valtteri Bottas as driver world champion. Bottas, for his part, was confirmed as runner-up, Charles Leclerc was 132 points behind in third. The first three positions in the constructors' championship had already been determined, with Mercedes leading Ferrari with 216 points and Red Bull Racing with 329 points .

At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Pirelli provided the drivers with the tire compounds P Zero Hard (white, compound C1 ), P Zero Medium (yellow, C2 ) and P Zero Soft (red, C3 ), as well as Cinturato Intermediates (green) and Cinturato Full for wet conditions -Wets (blue) available.

Sebastian Vettel (seven), Daniil Kwjat , Daniel Ricciardo (five each), Antonio Giovinazzi , Kevin Magnussen , Max Verstappen (four each), Lance Stroll (three), Romain Grosjean , Hamilton, Leclerc, Kimi Räikkönen (two each), Alexander Albon , Pierre Gasly , Sergio Pérez , George Russell and Carlos Sainz jr. (one at a time) went into the race weekend with penalty points.

With Vettel (three times), Hamilton (twice) and Räikkönen (once), three former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

free training

The first free practice took place under changing weather conditions. While it was raining at the beginning, the track partially dried out towards the end of the training session. With a lap time of 1: 16.142 minutes, Albon was fastest ahead of Bottas and Leclerc, but with an accident also caused the training to be terminated prematurely.

In the second free practice session, which took place on a dry track, Vettel set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 09.217 minutes ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen. The training was briefly interrupted due to an accident involving Robert Kubica .

In the third free practice session, Hamilton was fastest in 1: 08.320 minutes ahead of Verstappen and Leclerc.

Qualifying

The qualifying consisted of three parts with a net running time of 45 minutes. In the first qualifying segment (Q1), the drivers had 18 minutes to qualify for the race. All drivers who achieved a time in the first section that was a maximum of 107 percent of the fastest lap time qualified for the Grand Prix. The best 15 drivers reached the next part. Verstappen was fastest. Sainz failed to set a lap time due to a technical problem with his car and did not qualify for the Grand Prix. Next to him, the two Williams pilots, Stroll and Kwjat, were eliminated.

The second section (Q2) lasted 15 minutes. The ten fastest drivers qualified for the third part of the qualifying and had to start the race with the tires used here, all other drivers had a free choice of tires for the start of the race. Leclerc set his lap time on the medium compound, all other pilots on the soft compound. Verstappen was again fastest. Pérez, the Renault drivers, Giovinazzi and Lando Norris were eliminated.

The final section (Q3) lasted twelve minutes, during which the first ten starting positions were awarded. Verstappen set the fastest time with a lap time of 1: 07.508 minutes ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. It was the second pole position for Verstappen in the Formula 1 World Championship after the 2019 Hungarian Grand Prix .

Leclerc was moved back ten starting positions this season because of the use of the fourth combustion engine.

run

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Verstappen won the race ahead of Gasly and Sainz. It was the eighth victory for Verstappen in the Formula 1 World Championship. Gasly and Sainz each achieved their first podium finishes. Scuderia Toro Rosso achieved their second podium finish of the season, McLaren the first since the 2014 Australian Grand Prix . The remaining points were placed by Raikkonen, Giovinazzi, Ricciardo, Hamilton, Norris, Pérez and Kwjat. Since Bottas had achieved the fastest race lap but did not finish, none of the drivers received the additional point.

Hamilton, who originally finished third, was subsequently given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with Albon, and he was also given two penalty points.

The first two positions in the drivers' standings were already clear before the race, and Verstappen was now third again. In the constructors' championship, the first three positions were also determined before the race.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG F1 W10 EQ Power +	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	77	Valtteri Bottas
Scuderia Ferrari	05	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SF90	Ferrari 064	P
	16	Charles Leclerc
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing RB15	Honda RA619H	P
	23	Alexander Albon
Renault F1 Team	03	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault RS19	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	27	Nico Hulkenberg
Haas F1 team	08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas VF-19	Ferrari 064	P
	20th	Kevin Magnussen
McLaren F1 Team	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren MCL34	Renault E-Tech 19th	P
	04th	Lando Norris
SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point RP19	BWT Mercedes	P
	18th	Lance Stroll
Alfa Romeo Racing	07th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing C38	Ferrari 064	P
	99	Antonio Giovinazzi
Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	26th	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso STR14	Honda RA619H	P
	10	Pierre Gasly
ROKiT Williams Racing	40	Nicholas Latifi	Williams FW42	Mercedes-AMG F1 M10 EQ Power +	P
	63	George Russell
	88	Robert Kubica

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b} Latifi contested the first free practice in the Williams with the start number 40. Kubica then took over the vehicle with his start number 88 for the rest of the weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 08.242	1: 07.503	1: 07.508	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1: 08.556	1: 08.050	1: 07.631	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1: 08.614	1: 08.088	1: 07.699	03
04th	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1: 08.496	1: 07.888	1: 07.728	14th
05	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1: 08.545	1: 08.232	1: 07.874	04th
06th	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	1: 08.504	1: 08.117	1: 07.935	05
07th	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 08.909	1: 08.770	1: 08.837	06th
08th	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1: 09.197	1: 08.705	1: 08.854	07th
09	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 09.276	1: 08.858	1: 08.984	08th
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1: 08.875	1: 08.803	1: 09.037	09
11	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	1: 08.891	1: 08.868	-	10
12	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1: 09.086	1: 08.903	-	11
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	1: 09.175	1: 08.913	-	12
14th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1: 09.050	1: 08.921	-	13
15th	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 09.288	1: 09.035	-	15th
16	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	1: 09.320	-	-	16
17th	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	1: 09.536	-	-	17th
18th	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	1: 10.126	-	-	18th
19th	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	1: 10.614	-	-	19th
107 percent time : 1: 13.019 min (based on Q1 best time of 1: 08.242 min)
20th	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	no time	-	-	20th

Remarks

1. ↑ Leclerc was moved back ten starting positions for the use of the fourth combustion engine this season.
2. ↑ Although he did not qualify, Sainz was allowed to start the race from the back of the field as he was fast enough in free practice.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	71	3	1: 33: 14.678	01	1: 10.862 (61.)
02	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	71	2	+ 6.077	06th	1: 12.425 (65.)
03	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault	71	1	+ 8.896	20th	1: 13,158 (63.)
04th	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	71	2	+ 9.452	08th	1: 13.135 (65.)
05	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	71	2	+ 10,201	12	1: 13.020 (49.)
06th	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	71	2	+ 10.541	11	1: 12.733 (44th)
07th	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	3	+ 11,139	03	1: 11.082 (46.)
08th	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault	71	2	+ 11.204	10	1: 12.328 (63.)
09	Sergio Perez	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	71	2	+ 11,529	15th	1: 12.840 (64th)
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	71	2	+ 11.931	16	1: 12.385 (49.)
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	71	2	+ 12.732	09	1: 13.262 (65.)
12	George Russell	Williams-Mercedes	71	3	+ 13,599	18th	1: 13.752 (57th)
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	71	2	+ 14.247	07th	1: 13.619 (29.)
14th	Alexander Albon	Red Bull Racing Honda	71	2	+ 14.927	05	1: 11.087 (52nd)
15th	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	71	3	+ 18.059	13	1: 12.934 (64th)
16	Robert Kubica	Williams-Mercedes	70	4th	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 14,553 (63rd)
17th	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	65	2	DNF	02	1: 11.384 (51st)
18th	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	65	2	DNF	14th	1: 11.423 (63.)
19th	Lance Stroll	Racing Point-BWT Mercedes	65	2	DNF	17th	1: 12.603 (65th)
-	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	51	2	DNF	04th	1: 10.698 (43rd)

Remarks

1. ↑ Hamilton received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
2. ↑ Hülkenberg received a time penalty of five seconds for overtaking during the safety car phase.

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively. In addition, there would have been a point for the fastest race lap if the driver had finished in the top ten.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 387 02  Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 314 03  Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda 260 04th  Charles Leclerc Ferrari 249 05  Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 230 06th  Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing-Honda Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 95 07th  Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 95 08th  Alexander Albon Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda Red Bull Racing-Honda 84 09  Daniel Ricciardo Renault 54 10  Sergio Perez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 46

Item driver constructor Points 11  Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 45 12  Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 43 13  Nico Hulkenberg Renault 37 14th  Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 35 15th  Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 21st 16  Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 20th 17th  Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 14th 18th  Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 8th 19th  Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 1 20th  George Russell Williams-Mercedes 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 1  Mercedes 701 2  Ferrari 479 3  Red Bull Racing Honda 391 4th  McLaren-Renault 140 5  Renault 91

Item constructor Points 06th  Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 83 07th  Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 67 08th  Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari 57 09  Haas-Ferrari 28 10  Williams-Mercedes 1

Web links

Commons : Brazilian Grand Prix 2019  - Images, Videos and Audio Files Collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Brazil 2019: Albon fastest, Albon crashes. Motorsport-Total.com, November 15, 2019, accessed November 15, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Brazil 2019: Ferrari hits back after allegations! Motorsport-Total.com, November 15, 2019, accessed November 16, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Formula 1 Brazil 2019: Did Ferrari just bluff on Friday? Motorsport-Total.com, November 16, 2019, accessed November 16, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Heiko Stritzke: 5-second penalty against Lewis Hamilton after Albon was shot down. Motorsport-Total.com, November 17, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 .