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.

Maiden wins

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

Drivers

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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