Welcome to Total-Motorsport.com’s F1 live blog for the 2024 Brazilian GP at Interlagos, as McLaren driver and polesitter Lando Norris looks to take full advantage of Max Verstappen starting in 17th.
This year’s event at Interlagos introduces a significant variable: a completely resurfaced 4.309km track, including the pit lane. The new asphalt presents an unknown factor for teams and drivers. Alain Prost holds the record for the most wins in Brazil with six, though only one was at Interlagos. Michael Schumacher leads at this circuit with four victories.
Rain is reported at a 50%-59% possibility for the 2024 Brazilian GP, due to begin at a new time of 12:30pm local time due to the conditions. So expect to see some umbrellas and ponchos when the formation lap begins on Sunday afternoon.
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REPORT: Verstappen shines to win drenched Brazilian GP as Norris suffers horror show
Max Verstappen shines as he produces one of his best performances in Formula 1 to win the 2024 Brazilian GP from 17th on the grid to essentially seal the championship as it all went wrong for Lando Norris at a soaked Interlagos, whilst Alpine had their moment in the sun with a sensational double podium.
When the lights finally went out at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, it was George Russell who immediately seized the lead of the race from Norris by claiming the inside into Turn 1 and it would only get worse from there for the McLaren star. Read more…
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Provisional results
And… breathe. Here’s how they finished, but it would be frankly shocking if these results are still unchanged by Monday morning.
Gasly: Mark your cards
Pierre Gasly returns to the Interlagos podium after that famous drag race in 2019, this time with a friend:
“It’s incredible for the whole team. We had such a tough season and struggled to score points. In these conditions, everything was possible. We believed it to the end.
“Two cars on the podium, I don’t think anyone had that on their bingo card ahead of the season. So just fantastic, I’m absolutely buzzing right now, I’m just so proud of the team.
“To overcome such a tough season, it would have been too easy to give up. But we never gave up and here we are. A lot of points for the team and everybody should be very proud today.”
Ocon channels inner Senna:
Ocon has always shone in the wet, and left Alpine with one more parting gift today:
“What a day that was after the difficult season. It’s really nice to be driving around here and having the performance a bit levelled out in the rain. Someone very important to all of us said a long time ago that in the rain the cars are almost equal and that didn’t age at all.
“It’s awesome to be on the podium. The car was extremely difficult on the dry and then I felt at ease when it started to rain. Today has brought a special race for us.”
Verstappen: “It’s unbelievable”
Max Verstappen could barely process the result after his first win in 10 races after starting 17th on the grid:
“My emotions today have been a rollercoaster with qualifying being really unlucky with the red flag.
“Starting in P17 I knew it would be a very tough race. We stayed out of trouble, made the right calls, we stayed calm and we were flying. All of these things together. I mean unbelievable. To win here from so far back on the grid…yeah.”
“It was very hard to pass around here with the new tarmac. I knew I had to go for it. It was always easy to front lock but I had confidence on the brakes. Turn one is always a great corner to pass.”
Alpine in dreamland
Ocon genuinely could’ve been on for the race win if Sainz hadn’t produced that final safety car. But no matter, they’re up to sixth in the constructors’ championship with a healthy cheque attached if they can hold the position in the final three races.
BRAZILIAN GP TOP 10
I implore you to listen to Ocon’s team radio on the cooldown lap, it will bring a smile to anyone’s face. He’s surely guaranteed second place with no outstanding investigations, but these results are still subject to change with a host of drivers still to face the stewards:
- Verstappen
- Ocon
- Gasly
- Russell
- Leclerc
- Norris
- Tsunoda
- Piastri
- Lawson
- Hamilton
- Perez
- Bearman
- Bottas
- Alonso
- Zhou
DNF: Sainz, Colapinto
DSQ: Hulkenberg
DNS: Stroll, Albon
MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS THE BRAZILIAN GP
He’s a massive 20 seconds ahead of Ocon, who leads a double-podium for Alpine! Hamilton holds on in 10th to leave Perez pointless while Piastri’s penalty drops him behind Tsunoda into eighth.
But they were all in a different class to Verstappen in the final stint of that race, he’s back on the top step of the podium.
Lap 68/69: Not over yet
Obviously the victory is, but Perez tries again on the inside of Hamilton at turn one. He can’t make it work though and remains outside the points.
Lap 66/69: Soldiering on
Will someone think of the mechanics? Yes, Fernando Alonso! He’s passed Zhou for 14th but is still well out of the points, and tells Aston Martin:
“I will finish the race for the mechanics. They did a very good job today. But my back is hurting. Man, this bouncing is not normal.”
Lap 63/69: Verstappen on course for victory
And right now, Oscar Piastri’s 10-second penalty could drop him down to eighth while Charles Leclerc is set to pick up 10 for Ferrari. However, there’s still plenty of steward’s investigations to run.
Lap 60/69: Any more rain?
There’s no further action on Sergio Perez, and potentially no more rain either. McLaren thought there was some on the horizon but the radar is clear and the track will continue to dry.
Russell v Gasly for third and Lawson, Hamilton and Perez squabbling over ninth-eleventh remain the closest battles.
Lap 57/69: “He drove into me!”
Verstappen sets another fastest lap, while behind Russell is closing the gap to Gasly once again. He’s got over 10 laps to make the move, can he pull it off?
Meanwhile Lawson complains that Perez hit him, he really needs to worry about defending from Hamilton though.
Lap 55/69: They touch!
Lawson may have cost Perez more points! The Kiwi yielded to Verstappen earlier but holds his own against Perez, leaving the Red Bull out of position when Hamilton attacks to claim 10th place.
Lap 54/69: Battle at the back
The fight for victory or even the podium is in stalemate right now but there’s a really tasty dogfight for the final points between Lawson and Perez.
There’s no love lost between the pair and Perez bails out of a huge lunge into turn one.
Lap 52/69: Full points awarded
As Piastri locks up at Juncao and allows Tsunoda onto his rear wing, we can now have full points awarded for the Brazilian GP as we’re past 75% distance.
Norris has been told they’re expecting more drizzle before the end of the race.
Lap 49/69: See you at the chequered flag
Verstappen is off to the races. A string of fastest laps and he’s now five seconds ahead of Esteban Ocon, while George Russell is over two seconds behind Pierre Gasly and the final podium position.
Spare a thought for our Brandon Sutton, who’s currently trying to stitch together a report from this mess.
Lap 47/69: Norris on a mission
With Piastri (who must be wondering why he gave up the sprint race win up for this clown show) complying with Norris, Leclerc is next up.
Norris is within a second but as Verstappen himself found out earlier, it’s so hard to overtake the Ferrari.
Lap 46/69: Pendulum swings again
If it stays like this for the rest of the race (and investigations post-chequered flag) – which is pretty much guaranteed not to happen based on the rest of today – Verstappen would gain 20 points on Norris and lead the world championship by 64 points…
Until McLaren swap their drivers, earning Norris two more points.
Lap 44/69: Alonso runs wide
A reminder that Bearman was in the barriers just a few laps ago, now he’s into 12th! That’s aided by Alonso running wide at Juncao, the gaps are stretching all over the field.
Lap 43/69: Verstappen leads, Norris off AGAIN
Ocon couldn’t surprise Verstappen a second time and he delivers another patented swoop up the inside of turn one… And Norris runs wide!!! He’s down to seventh, behind Piastri, as Hamilton as also plummeted down the order to 11.
Lap 42/69: Safety car ending
As Leclerc is told more rain is expected, it’s deja vu without Sainz as Ocon leads out a safety car restart…
Lap 41/69: How it stands
We need to reach lap 52 for full points to be awarded. Here’s the latest running order, but with this race nothing is staying the same for long.
- Ocon
- Verstappen
- Gasly
- Russell**
- Norris*
- Leclerc
- Piastri
- Tsunoda*
- Hamilton**
- Alonso
- Lawson*
- Bottas
- Perez
- Bearman
- Zhou
DNF: Sainz, Colapinto
DSQ: Hulkenberg
DNS: Albon, Stroll
*Under investigation
Lap 39/69: SAFETY CAR
Sainz is in the wall and not moving! He’s the third driver to crash for a second time today, no one is pitting though with track position at a premium.
Sainz dipped a wheel onto the white painted line, destroying the front left as he hits the wall.
Lap 36/69: Bearman off again
His afternoon is going from bad to worse, the only consolation is that the grid is still packed so Bearman is only seven seconds behind Zhou in 15th.
Ocon is still pulling away from Verstappen, while Norris can’t make any headway.
Lap 35/69: Ocon breaking away
He’s put two seconds into Verstappen, while Hamilton is now on a mission. He sweeps past Fernando Alonso and Tsunoda is next in his sights.
Lap 34/69: Green flag, Bearman off!
WHAT?!? Ocon nails the restart, Bearman does the opposite and is onto the grass in sector three.
AND NORRIS RUNS WIDE!!! He’s down behind Russell in fifth, but no more as Leclerc goes wide moments later.
Lap 33/69: Back underway
And most of the field is on intermediate tyres.
Red flag: Running order
So with those latest developments, here’s how they will restart:
- Ocon
- Verstappen
- Gasly
- Norris*
- Russell**
- Tsunoda*
- Leclerc
- Piastri
- Alonso
- Lawson*
- Hamilton**
- Bottas
- Sainz
- Perez
- Bearman
- Zhou
DNF: Colapinto
DSQ: Hulkenberg
DNS: Albon, Stroll
*Under investigation
Red flag: race resumption confirmed
Drivers are sprinting down the pit lane, as it’s confirmed this race will resume at 14:02 local time (17:02 UK time), it will be a rolling start behind the safety car.
Red flag: Hulkenberg disqualified
It did seem remarkable how Hulkenberg managed to get from being completely beached to running again, and now we see why: the marshalls gave him a push. So it’s a black flag for the Haas.
Red flag: Winners and losers
There’s still over half of the race to run so these are definitely temporary, but as it stands Verstappen and the Alpines (running 1-3) are the big winners. Elsewhere, Tsunoda lost out in the pit stop phase but is still running a heady fifth, while Valtteri Bottas in 12th is on for Sauber’s best result since Bahrain.
Meanwhile McLaren are in shambles right now, and the only silver lining is Ferrari are having an even worse race for the constructors’ championship fight.
Russell’s reply to the red flag radio call speaks volumes, but given Hamilton’s struggles in the other W15 it’s still been a mightily impressive display by Russell:
“****! ****! I said it! We should’ve stayed out.”
Red flag: Norris knows
You didn’t even need the benefit of hindsight to know McLaren, Mercedes and Ferrari made potentially catastrophic mistakes. With conditions worsening, a red flag was pretty likely and all three threw away track position for a fresh set of intermediate tyres that weren’t even the prime compound at that point.
Norris radios confirming that every team gets a free tyre change, the title battle looked in his favour after qualifying this morning but the odds are now stacked in favour of Verstappen.
Lap 32/69: RED FLAG
Colapinto had just pitted for new inters and was racing to catch the pack back up, but now he’s down and out for the second time today on the kink before the pit entry. He is moving around but this flips the race on its head once again.
Lap 31/69: Running order
And… breathe. Ocon and Verstappen both opt to stay out, retaining track position, so here’s how it stands:
- Ocon
- Verstappen
- Gasly
- Norris
- Russell
- Tsunoda
- Leclerc
- Piastri
- Alonso
- Lawson
- Hamilton
- Bottas
- Sainz
- Perez
- Bearman
- Colapinto
- Zhou
- Hulkenberg
DNS – Albon & Stroll
Lap 30/69: SAFETY CAR
The conditions are deemed too wet, this could be pre-empting a red flag.
Lap 30/69: Penalty for Piastri
It’s 10 seconds for the Australian and the team radios are teeming with drivers claiming the conditions are undrivable. This has played right into the hands of Ocon and Red Bull while Mercedes, McLaren and Ferrari may have thrown it all away.
Meanwhile Gasly is into third!
Lap 29/69: VSC ending
Both Mercedes are under investigation for changing their tyres temperatures ahead of the second start, and Norris and Russell pit right as the VSC ends! Perez is on the full wets, Ocon and Verstappen stay out, this is CARNAGE!!!
Lap 28/69: VSC
Hulkenberg is off in sector on and isn’t moving! Expect plenty of action in the pitlane, this has killed Leclerc.
Lap 27/69: Hulk follows suit
Leclerc doesn’t seem to be making much headway, as the rain is visibly heavier. The same could be said for Verstappen, now behind Ocon who is having the race of his life in fourth.
Don’t forget, he’s the highest-placed driver who isn’t under investigation for the start. Lawson’s struggling though, he runs off at the Senna S, then scares Piastri as he rejoins.
Lap 25/69: Leclerc pits… For inters?!?
Wow. That’s unexpected, Leclerc dives into the pits as the heavier rain continues to pour but the Ferrari isn’t going onto the wet tyres! It’s another set of intermediates, Leclerc has emeverd in 13th and a couple of seconds behind Nico Hulkenberg.
Norris is calling his pitwall asking to change tyres, McLaren say no.
Lap 24/69: The rain hits
Sainz immediately runs wide and drops behind Hamilton, a new downpour is over Interlagos and Norris is closing to half a second behind George Russell. No one’s diving for wet tyres yet though…
Lap 22/69: Good hard racing
This is brilliant between Leclerc and Verstappen. He attempts to go around the outside in the Senna S but the Ferrari is positioned perfectly and Verstappen can’t keep alongside as it sweeps back to the right.
The Dutchman then attempts an optimistic move at the Horseshoe, though a mistake in sector three prevents him attempting a move out of Juncao.
Lap 20/69: Way to go Ollie
It’s a ballsy move from the rookie who’s squeezed by Hamilton on the run to turn four but hangs onto the inside and is rewarded with 14th place.
That was after Hamilton had ran wide once again at Juncao, he tells Mercedes the W15 is ‘not driveable, bouncing everywhere’ over team radio.
Lap 18/69: Verstappen losing time
He’s over 10 seconds behind Norris now, who’s closer to Russell than he’s been since the first lap. Tsunoda is doing a good job of holding up the pack but another reshuffle is on the way: can drivers keep these intermediates alive until the next shower arrives? That may decide this grand prix.
Lap 17/69: Heavier rain expected
Alonso’s been told that heavier rain is on the way in 15 minutes time, by which time this race will still be below half distance. 75% of the grand prix must be complete for full points to be awarded.
Lap 16/69: Pressure building
Leclerc has a look up the inside of Ocon but thinks better of it while Verstappen lurks behind. No one can make a move in this quartet led by Tsunoda, while Norris is also stuck behind Russell, complaining over team radio:
“I’m just struggling to overtake, so slow on the straight”
Lap 14/69: Norris & co earn stay of execution
The stewards have decided they don’t know what to do with the start infringement, and will investigate it after the race. Surely that won’t be controversial…
A reminder that it’s Russell, Norris and the RBs at risk, as Norris remains second in the race.
Lap 12/69: Passing of the torch?
The crowd roars despite Hamilton being overtaken… because it’s Colapinto making the move! The champion runs off at Juncao and never recovers, while Verstappen has taken sixth place from Liam Lawson, with Charles Leclerc next on the road.
Lap 11/69: “Why?”
Bearman crashed span after nudging the back of Colapinto but definitely came off worse, dropping back to 16th while the Argentine continues in 13th. He’s earned a 10-second penalty but is confused why on team radio.
Lap 10/69: Verstappen into 7th
Verstappen at turn one is a cheat code right now. He dives up the inside from miles back and the Australian is caught completely by surprise.
Lap 9/69: Piastri v Verstappen
Norris needs his teammate to help him out here.The Dutchman is half a second behind Piastri while Norris remains frustrated by Russell.
Lap 6/69: Norris fights Russell
Lando Norris is displaying impressive pace, setting consecutive fastest laps and closing the gap to George Russell to just 0.9 seconds. Norris appears significantly quicker at this stage, putting pressure on Russell.
Lap 4/69: The rain is here
The rain has started to pick up, creating unpredictable conditions that could make for a long, challenging race.
With the race still in its early stages, teams are reminding drivers not to take unnecessary risks—there’s a lot of racing left, and with the weather looking unpredictable, patience may prove essential as the afternoon unfolds.
Lap 2/69: Perez spins
In the early stages of the race, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton have made significant progress through the field. As George Russell begins Lap 2, Sergio Perez experiences a spin but manages to recover and continue. Shortly after, Verstappen overtakes Hamilton at Turn 1, advancing to P10
Lights out in Brazil!!
George Russell takes the lead from Lando Norris off the line!
Second formation lap
Here we go again! Take two in Brazil
Trouble for Norris?
Lando Norris is under investigation from the FIA for a starting procedure infringement.
Race Control called for an “Aborted Start” following Stroll’s crash during the first formation lap which means that Norris and everyone else behind should have stayed put on the grid
Confusion on the grid
The start of the race has been delayed due to Lance Stroll’s incident during the formation lap, where he lost control and became beached in the gravel. Race Control took some time to assess the situation, leaving drivers on the grid awaiting further instructions.
Notably, a few drivers, including Max Verstappen, initially remained on the grid, believing that those at the front should have waited before moving. After some deliberation, Verstappen and the others left the grid to join the pack.
Lance Stroll crashes on Formation Lap
During the formation lap, he lost control under braking, causing the rear of his car to slide out. This resulted in the front wing being knocked off. Attempting to rejoin the track, Stroll navigated through the gravel but ultimately became beached, unable to continue.
Weather at start
Currently air temperature is 23.3 degree Celsius, with track temperature at 28.6 degrees Celsius with humidity around 81 percent. There is a large block of rain tot he north of Interlagos moving slowly south.
Verstappen pressure
Two-time world champion Emmerson Fittipaldi on Sky Sports F1: “I think it’s an incredible weekend. A race in these conditions, everything can change. What an exciting qualifying, what an exciting grand prix ahead of us – amazing. Lando is ready to go. Max has tremendous pressure now, because the championship is getting closer.”
No McLaren concerns
Lando Norris’ race engineer Will Joseph on Sky Sports F1: “We don’t really have any concerns. It feels dry, it feels quite bright and hot now. Whether or not the track will dry out for the race start, I’m not sure. Potentialy there’s more weather on the way, but I don’t really want to give away too much what we think the weather is going to do.”
Rain update
So far the there has been no rain for the last 30 minutes or so. That means we’ll see intermediate tyres on all cars, though the threat of rain is very much in the air and it could cross the circuit at any moment.
Thankfully, it shouldn’t be as torrential as we saw during Qualifying on Saturday.
Hamilton not hopeful
Hamilton on Brazilian GP: “I don’t have any hopes for the race. Just going to do what I can do. With the car I have right now, it’s the worst I’ve ever driven so I probably won’t be going very far with it… I don’t know, we’ll see, but it’s undrivable.”
Verstappen furious with FIA
After being knocked out in Q2, Verstappen was incensed by the FIA as they appeared to allow some drivers to finish their laps before bringing out the red flag for Lance Stroll’s crash.
Starting Grid for 2024 Brazilian GP
Lando Norris is on pole position for the race at Interlagos. Max Verstappen is in P17, which could have huge implications on the title race. George Russell will start second and Yuki Tsunoda achieved a career-best qualifying in third. Albon won’t start the race and Sainz starts from the pit lane.
| Pos | Driver | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lando Norris | McLaren |
| 2 | George Russell | Mercedes |
| 3 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB |
| 4 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine |
| 5 | Liam Lawson | RB |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari |
| 7 | Alex Albon* | Williams |
| 8 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin |
| 11 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber |
| 12 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull |
| 13 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine |
| 14 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
| 15 | Oliver Bearman | Haas |
| 16 | Franco Colapinto | Williams |
| 17 | Max Verstappen* | Red Bull |
| 19 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas |
| 20 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber |
| 20 | Carlos Sainz* | Ferrari |
Epic Qualifying session in Brazil
Qualifying for the 2024 Brazilian GP proved to be a nail-biter, marked by five red flags, unexpected eliminations, and unpredictable weather conditions, ultimately culminating in Lando Norris capturing pole position.
Initially postponed from Saturday, Sunday morning’s session was rife with surprises, including reigning champion Max Verstappen’s early exit in Q2, multiple crashes, and last-minute efforts to secure top grid positions.
What is new start time of the 2024 Brazilian GP?
As a result of the inclement weather in Sao Paulo, the start time of the 2024 Brazilian GP has also been revised and it will now begin at 12:30pm local time.
That translates to a 3:30pm start for F1 fans in the UK. US fans on the east coast will see lights out at 11:30am, and on the west coasts that’s an 8:30am start.
F1 fans in Australia can now catch the 2024 Brazilian GP at 2:30am on Monday morning.
