Stats and facts for 2022 Brazilian GP | Formula 1 Interlagos stats. Stats and facts for Brazil.

Track length: 4.309km
Race length: 305.879km
Laps: 71
Turns: 15
Circuit opened: 1940
F1 first visited: 1973
Races held: 38
Track Record: 1:07.281, Lewis Hamilton, 2018
Lap Record: 1:10.540, Valtteri Bottas, 2018

Circuits

1. Interlagos 38 races (1973-77, 1979-80, 1990-2021)
2. Jacarepagua 10 races (1978, 1981-89)

There are not many Grand Prix tracks as spectacular and amazing as São Paulo’s Autódromo José Carlos Pace, better known as Interlagos. It represents an iconic Brazilian institution – the location for some of Formula One’s most exhilarating Formula 1 events, and a place where excitement and unpredictability are very much the norm.

Brazil has motorsport ingrained in its culture: the country held its first Formula 1 Grand Prix races back in the 1930s and started construction of the bowl-like Interlagos circuit – the nation’s first permanent racing venue – later that same decade.

The success of Emerson Fittipaldi, the Brazilian driver who won the F1 title in 1972, shone a light on the nation, and it would host its first Formula One World Championship race the next season, at the Interlagos venue.

It was the perfect moment for Emerson Fittipaldi, who won that inaugural race and took another race win the next championship. Incredibly, victory for a Brazilian driver would continue into 1975, when hometown legend Carlos Pace was on the top of the podium for Brabham. Sadley, he would lose his life in a plane crash just two years later – and the circuit would be officially renamed in his honour as the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace.

Years later, Scuderia Ferrari driver Felipe Massa dominated in Brazil and joined three of his countrymen in becoming a two-time winner of his home Grand Prix.

Facts and stats:

The smallest victory margin at Autódromo José Carlos Pace was set two decades ago, when Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher took victory by just 0.588 seconds, while his win here in 1994 was taken by over a lap; both the largest win margin seen at the track and the last time a Grand Prix was won by over a lap.

47 different drivers have finished on the podium at Interlagos. F1 legend Michael Schumacher has had more top three finishes here than any other driver, with ten podium appearances. The Maranello team lead the way in appearances on the podium at Interlagos, with 26, while German drivers have had more top three finishes here than any other nation, with 23.

In the 39 which took place held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace, 23 different drivers have started from pole position. Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen, Rubens Barrichello, Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton are all tied as the most successful qualifiers here, with three poles each.

McLaren, Williams, Ferrari and Mercedes are the only teams to have taken successive poles at Interlagos. The record for most consecutive team poles at the track is six, recorded by Williams between 1992 and 1997.

Former Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher still holds the record for most fastest laps at Interlagos than any other one. He’s set the Sunday pace on five occasions.

Wins by grid position

Below are the grid positions of every race winner at the Brazilian Grand Prix and the number of wins per position.

Grid position	Wins
Pole	17
2nd	15
3rd	4
4th	3
5th	2
6th	5
8th	1

Maiden wins

The following drivers won their first F1 race at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Drivers

Driver	Year
Carlos Pace (Brabham)	1975
Rene Arnoux (Renault)	1980
Giancarlo Fisichella (Jordan)	2003

Title deciders

The Brazilian Grand Prix has hosted the following championship title deciders:

Drivers’ title

1. 2005:  Fernando Alonso (1st title)
2. 2006:  Fernando Alonso (2nd title)
3. 2007:  Kimi Raikkonen (1st title)
4. 2008:  Lewis Hamilton (1st title)
5. 2009:  Jenson Button (1st title)
6. 2012:  Sebastian Vettel (3rd title)

Race winners

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Year	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win margin	Race time
1973	Interlagos	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	2	13.500s	1hr 43m 55.600s
1974	Interlagos	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1	13.570s	1hr 24m 37.060s
1975	Interlagos	Carlos Pace	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	6	5.790s	1hr 44m 41.170s
1976	Interlagos	Niki Lauda	Ferrari	2	18.470s	1hr 45m 16.780s
1977	Interlagos	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	2	10.710s	1hr 45m 07.720s
1978	Jacarepagua	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari	4	49.130s	1hr 49m 59.860s
1979	Interlagos	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Ford Cosworth	1	5.280s	1hr 40m 09.640s
1980	Interlagos	Rene Arnoux	Renault	6	21.860s	1hr 40m 01.330s
1981	Jacarepagua	Carlos Reutemann	Williams-Ford Cosworth	2	4.440s	2hr 00m 23.660s
1982	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	Renault	1	2.990s	1hr 44m 33.134s
1983	Jacarepagua	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	4	20.901s	1hr 48m 27.731s
1984	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	4	40.514s	1hr 42m 34.492s
1985	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	6	3.259s	1hr 41m 26.115s
1986	Jacarepagua	Nelson Piquet	Williams-Honda	2	34.827s	1hr 39m 32.583s
1987	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	McLaren-TAG	5	40.547s	1hr 39m 45.141s
1988	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	3	9.873s	1hr 36m 06.857s
1989	Jacarepagua	Nigel Mansell	Ferrari	6	7.809s	1hr 38m 58.744s
1990	Interlagos	Alain Prost	Ferrari	6	13.564s	1hr 37m 21.258s
1991	Interlagos	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	2.991s	1hr 38m 28.128s
1992	Interlagos	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Renault	1	29.330s	1hr 36m 51.856s
1993	Interlagos	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	3	16.625s	1hr 51m 15.485s
1994	Interlagos	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	2	1 lap	1hr 35m 38.759s
1995	Interlagos	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	2	11.060s	1hr 38m 34.154s
1996	Interlagos	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1	17.982s	1hr 49m 52.976s
1997	Interlagos	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1	4.190s	1hr 36m 06.990s
1998	Interlagos	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1	1.102s	1hr 37m 11.747s
1999	Interlagos	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1	4.925s	1hr 36m 03.785s
2000	Interlagos	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	3	39.898s	1hr 31m 35.271s
2001	Interlagos	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	5	16.164s	1hr 39m 00.834s
2002	Interlagos	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	2	0.588s	1hr 31m 43.663s
2003	Interlagos	Giancarlo Fisichella	Jordan-Ford	8	0.945s	1hr 31m 17.748s
2004	Interlagos	Juan Pablo Montoya	Williams-BMW	2	1.022s	1hr 28m 01.451s
2005	Interlagos	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	2	2.527s	1hr 29m 20.574s
2006	Interlagos	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1	18.658s	1hr 31m 53.751s
2007	Interlagos	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	3	1.493s	1hr 28m 15.270s
2008	Interlagos	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1	13.298s	1hr 34m 11.435s
2009	Interlagos	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	2	7.626s	1hr 32m 23.081s
2010	Interlagos	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	2	4.243s	1hr 33m 11.803s
2011	Interlagos	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	2	8.457s	1hr 32m 17.464s
2012	Interlagos	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	2	2.754s	1hr 45m 22.656s
2013	Interlagos	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	10.452s	1hr 32m 36.300s
2014	Interlagos	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	1.757s	1hr 30m 02.555s
2015	Interlagos	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1	7.756s	1hr 31m 09.090s
2016	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	11.455s	3hr 01m 01.335s
2017	Interlagos	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	2	2.762s	1hr 31m 26.262s
2018	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1	1.469s	1hr 27m 09.066s
2019	Interlagos	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda	1	6.077s	1hr 33m 14.678s