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FORMULA 1/VENUES/AUTÓDROMO JOSÉ CARLOS PACE
FORMULA 1 · BRAZIL GP

Interlagos

Autódromo José Carlos Pace

SÃO PAULO · BR · EST. 1973

"Interlagos is anti-clockwise, bumpy, humid, and unpredictable. The crowd arrives for Senna's ghost, and stays for the drama that only São Paulo can produce."

Autódromo José Carlos Pace

TURN 4JUNÇÃOSTART/FINISH
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SÃO PAULO · BR
MOMENT

LENGTH

4.309km

CORNERS

15

LAP RECORD

1:10.540

BOTTAS · '18

ELEVATION

42m

F1 SINCE

1973

TRACK FINGERPRINT

SENSITIVITY PROFILE

What the car and driver need to excel here. Calibrated against F1 venue averages.

WHAT MATTERS HERE

No single extreme — high downforce for the infield and a surface that rubbers in fast (Pirelli track evolution 5/5).

Engine PowerMODERATE

58.9% FLAT · 336 KM/H

Aero EfficiencyHIGH

DOWNFORCE 4/5 · INFIELD

Mechanical GripMODERATE

TRACTION 3/5 · JUNÇÃO EXIT

Braking StabilityMODERATE

BREMBO 3/5 · T1 337 TO 124

Tyre DegradationMODERATE

STRESS 3/5 · C2/C3/C4

High-speed commitmentMODERATE

LATERAL 3/5 · FERRADURA

WEATHER · AUTÓDROMO JOSÉ CARLOS PACE

1973–PRESENT

Historical race-day conditions across 42 World Championship races at this circuit. Classified dry / mixed / wet from race reports.

CONDITIONS BREAKDOWN

DRY 74%
MIXED 21%
WET 5%

OF 42 F1 RACES SINCE 1973

MOST CHAOTIC RACES

2024 · Catalogue rain-affected · curated WETWET
2016 · Catalogue rain-affected · curated WETWET
2012 · Catalogue rain-affected · MIXEDMIXED

CIRCUIT OVERVIEW

Autódromo José Carlos Pace — 31 dry / 9 mixed / 2 wet of 42 races.

DRIVER-TRACK FIT

HISTORICAL

Drivers with the strongest results here relative to their starts — wins, podiums, and poles at this circuit, with shrinkage so small samples do not dominate.

Ayrton Senna

982W 3PD 3P

Max Verstappen

943W 7PD 2P

Juan Pablo Montoya

862W 2PD 1P

Michael Schumacher

844W 10PD 1P

Emerson Fittipaldi

822W 3PD 1P

FIT = (25×WINS + 8×PODIUMS + 10×POLES) / STARTS · BAYESIAN SHRINKAGE · MIN SAMPLE

ICONIC MOMENTS

THE ARCHIVE

Races and laps that define Autódromo José Carlos Pace. Moments that shaped the circuit's legend.

1991
LEGEND

Senna wins in Sao Paulo — stuck in 6th gear

McLAREN · ONE GEAR

1994
WIN

Schumacher wins season opener for Benetton

BENETTON · START

2008
TITLE

Glock overtaken — Hamilton wins title

McLAREN · 1 POINT TITLE

2012
TITLE

Vettel hit lap 1 · fights back to P6 for title

RED BULL · CHAMPION

2022
DRAMA

Verstappen ignores team orders

RED BULL vs PEREZ

2024
SPRINT

Norris Sprint win · McLaren title fight

McLAREN · SPRINT WIN

KEY MOMENTS SELECTED FROM THE RACE ARCHIVE · CONDITIONS VERIFIED