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2023 São Paulo Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and Lance Stroll at Interlagos.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc
Classified
Top 20
Round
21
Circuit
Interlagos
Qualifying date
November 3, 2023

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Charles Leclerc secured the other front-row place for Ferrari, with Lance Stroll third for Aston Martin.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, and Lance Stroll. P4 through P20 were Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz Jr., Sergio Pérez, Oscar Piastri, Nico Hülkenberg, Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly, Kevin Magnussen, Alexander Albon, Yuki Tsunoda, Daniel Ricciardo, Valtteri Bottas, Logan Sargeant, and Guanyu Zhou.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 2 cars, AlphaTauri placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Nov 1, 2024.

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