São Paulo Grand Prix 2026: Race Times, F1 Fantasy Picks & Results

The São Paulo Grand Prix is round 20 of the 2026 Formula 1 season at Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil, with the race on Sun 8 Nov. PPFL teams locked at the start of FP1 (Fri 6 Nov, 15:30 UK time).

São Paulo Grand Prix 2026 session times

Session	UK	US Eastern	US Pacific	Australia (Sydney)	Local (São Paulo)
Practice 1	Fri 6 Nov, 15:30	Fri 6 Nov, 10:30	Fri 6 Nov, 07:30	Sat 7 Nov, 02:30	Fri 6 Nov, 12:30
Practice 2	Fri 6 Nov, 19:00	Fri 6 Nov, 14:00	Fri 6 Nov, 11:00	Sat 7 Nov, 06:00	Fri 6 Nov, 16:00
Practice 3	Sat 7 Nov, 14:30	Sat 7 Nov, 09:30	Sat 7 Nov, 06:30	Sun 8 Nov, 01:30	Sat 7 Nov, 11:30
Qualifying	Sat 7 Nov, 18:00	Sat 7 Nov, 13:00	Sat 7 Nov, 10:00	Sun 8 Nov, 05:00	Sat 7 Nov, 15:00
Race	Sun 8 Nov, 17:00	Sun 8 Nov, 12:00	Sun 8 Nov, 09:00	Mon 9 Nov, 04:00	Sun 8 Nov, 14:00

Times for UK, US Eastern, US Pacific, Sydney and the circuit's local time. See the full 2026 F1 race calendar.

What PPFL managers picked

For the São Paulo Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was the most-picked driver (34.2% of teams), Kimi Antonelli the most popular captain (26 teams, 21.7%), Mercedes the favourite constructor (41.7%). 120 teams · 6 changed their team for this race.

Driver	Team	Picked by	Captain
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	34.2%	14.2% (17)
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	25.8%	21.7% (26)
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	23.3%	13.3% (16)
George Russell	Mercedes	17.5%	14.2% (17)
Lando Norris	McLaren	16.7%	11.7% (14)
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	12.5%	7.5% (9)
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10%	7.5% (9)
Oliver Bearman	Haas	7.5%	–
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	6.7%	3.3% (4)
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	6.7%	1.7% (2)

Constructor	Picked by
Mercedes	41.7%
Ferrari	18.3%
McLaren	11.7%
Aston Martin	5.8%
Alpine	5%

Most popular full team: George Russell + Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes (7 teams, 5.8%).

Biggest risers since last race (share of teams): Lewis Hamilton 30.8% → 34.2%, Gabriel Bortoleto 2.5% → 3.3%, Lance Stroll 2.5% → 3.3%.

Biggest fallers (share of teams): Charles Leclerc 12.5% → 10%, Kimi Antonelli 26.7% → 25.8%, Franco Colapinto 2.5% → 1.7%.

Guess the Podium: community picks

17 players made Guess the Podium picks. 35.3% picked Kimi Antonelli to win. The most popular podium was Max Verstappen, Kimi Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton (3 picks).

P1: Kimi Antonelli 35.3%, Max Verstappen 35.3%, Lando Norris 11.8%
P2: Kimi Antonelli 29.4%, Max Verstappen 29.4%, Lewis Hamilton 23.5%
P3: Kimi Antonelli 29.4%, Lewis Hamilton 29.4%, Max Verstappen 29.4%

How the most-picked drivers scored

Lewis Hamilton (owned by 34.2%): 7 pts
Kimi Antonelli (owned by 25.8%): 20 pts
Max Verstappen (owned by 23.3%): 32 pts
George Russell (owned by 17.5%): 19 pts
Lando Norris (owned by 16.7%): 39 pts

Best differential: Isack Hadjar, owned by only 6.7% of teams, scored 29 PPFL points.

São Paulo Grand Prix 2026 results and F1 fantasy points

Top PPFL team this race: Ellie’s Team with 123 points (tied with 1 other team).

For the São Paulo Grand Prix, 120 PPFL teams averaged 71.5 points; the top-scoring driver was Lando Norris with 39 PPFL points; the best value was Lando Norris, 1 points per $M at $38.0M; Max Verstappen gained the most places: 19, from P21 to P2.

The race data below comes from F1DB, the open-source Formula 1 database (release v2026.20.0), licensed under CC BY 4.0. PPFL points are our own.

Lando Norris took pole in 1:27.470; Kimi Antonelli set the fastest lap, 1:12.689 on lap 55; Max Verstappen was Driver of the Day with 20.62% of the fan vote.

Kimi Antonelli won the 2026 drivers' championship.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Lando Norris	1:30.939	1:29.207	1:27.470
2	George Russell	1:31.206	1:26.745	1:27.674
3	Kimi Antonelli	1:32.229	1:29.302	1:28.095
4	Charles Leclerc	1:32.121	1:28.082	1:28.289
5	Liam Lawson	1:32.085	1:27.049	1:28.321
6	Nico Hülkenberg	1:31.693	1:28.361	1:28.668
7	Isack Hadjar	1:32.059	1:27.218	1:28.763
8	Oliver Bearman	1:33.030	1:29.130	1:29.831
9	Fernando Alonso	1:32.092	1:29.072	1:30.311
10	Alexander Albon	1:33.150	1:28.918	1:30.456
11	Lewis Hamilton	1:31.666	1:30.001
12	Oscar Piastri	1:32.251	1:30.369
13	Rafael Câmara	1:32.809	1:31.515
14	Arvid Lindblad	1:32.306	1:31.687
15	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1:32.959	1:31.785
16	Max Verstappen	1:31.238
17	Franco Colapinto	1:33.327
18	Pierre Gasly	1:33.449
19	Lance Stroll	1:33.653
20	Valtteri Bottas	1:33.774
21	Sergio Pérez	1:34.509
22	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:41.564

Drivers' championship after round 20

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli	390
2	Max Verstappen	279
3	George Russell	262
4	Lewis Hamilton	261
5	Charles Leclerc	249
6	Lando Norris	246
7	Oscar Piastri	152
8	Isack Hadjar	122
9	Liam Lawson	89
10	Pierre Gasly	42

Constructors' championship after round 20

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	652
2	Ferrari	510
3	Red Bull	415
4	McLaren	398
5	Racing Bulls	114
6	Alpine	69
7	Haas	31
8	Audi	28
9	Williams	12
10	Aston Martin	7
11	Cadillac	0

Full race result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time / gap	F1 pts	PPFL pts	Notes
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	71	1:35:23.504	25	39
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	71	+14.602	18	32	Driver of the Day
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	71	+24.485	15	29
4	George Russell	Mercedes	71	+33.991	12	19
5	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	71	+41.017	10	20	5s penalty; Fastest lap
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	71	+56.475	8	19
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	71	+1:15.402	6	9
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	71	+1:18.586	4	6	5s penalty
9	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	70	+1 lap	2	7
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	70	+1 lap	1	1
11	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	70	+1 lap		6
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	70	+1 lap		-2
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	70	+1 lap		8
14	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	70	+1 lap		8
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	70	+1 lap		-4
16	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	70	+1 lap		10
17	Oliver Bearman	Haas	70	+1 lap		-4	5s penalty
18	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	69	+2 laps		6
19	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	69	+2 laps		-4
20	Rafael Câmara	Haas	69	+2 laps		-5
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	30	Battery		-5
DNS	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	0	Wheel nut		-5

PPFL fantasy points by driver

Points before the captain bonus (a captain's race finish points are doubled).

Driver	Team	Grid	Finish	PPFL pts
Lando Norris	McLaren	P1	1	39
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	P16	2	32
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	P7	3	29
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	P3	5	20
George Russell	Mercedes	P2	4	19
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	P12	6	19
Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	P22	16	10
Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	P5	7	9
Franco Colapinto	Alpine	P17	13	8
Pierre Gasly	Alpine	P18	14	8
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	P11	9	7
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	P4	8	6
Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	P14	11	6
Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	P21	18	6
Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	P6	10	1
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	P9	12	-2
Alexander Albon	Williams	P10	15	-4
Oliver Bearman	Haas	P8	17	-4
Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	P15	19	-4
Rafael Câmara	Haas	P13	20	-5
Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	P19	DNF	-5
Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	P20	DNS	-5

Price changes after the São Paulo Grand Prix

PPFL prices move after every Grand Prix based on recent form. Changes since round 19 (21 unchanged):

Driver / constructor	Before	After	Change
Ryō Hirakawa	$8.0M	$26.0M	+$18.0M
Carlos Sainz Jr.	$11.0M	$14.0M	+$3.0M
George Russell	$32.0M	$35.0M	+$3.0M
Pierre Gasly	$14.0M	$17.0M	+$3.0M
Fernando Alonso	$9.0M	$11.0M	+$2.0M
Alexander Albon	$8.0M	$9.5M	+$1.5M
Lewis Hamilton	$41.0M	$42.0M	+$1.0M
Franco Colapinto	$9.5M	$9.0M	-$0.5M
Isack Hadjar	$42.0M	$41.0M	-$1.0M
Arvid Lindblad	$23.0M	$20.0M	-$3.0M
Liam Lawson	$35.0M	$32.0M	-$3.0M
Nico Hülkenberg	$26.0M	$23.0M	-$3.0M

See every price and the season trend on the F1 fantasy Price Form.

Read the São Paulo Grand Prix 2026 race report: the story of the race and what it meant for PPFL teams.

Driver of the Day history at José Carlos Pace

The fan-voted Driver of the Day at every race held here since the vote began.

2026: Max Verstappen (20.6% of the vote)
2025: Max Verstappen (56.7% of the vote)
2024: Max Verstappen (39.6% of the vote)
2023: Lando Norris (26.1% of the vote)
2022: Lewis Hamilton (17.1% of the vote)
2021: Lewis Hamilton (36.8% of the vote)
2019: Max Verstappen (22.2% of the vote)
2018: Max Verstappen
2017: Lewis Hamilton
2016: Max Verstappen

Recent São Paulo Grand Prix winners

Planning your team? Check driver and constructor values on the F1 fantasy Price Form and the José Carlos Pace circuit guide.

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