ROUND 21: 🇧🇷 Brazil
FORMULA 1 MSC CRUISES GRANDE PREMIO DE SAO PAULO 2025
Circuit stats
- Circuit name: Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
- First Grand Prix: 1973
- Number of laps: 71
- Circuit Length: 4.309 km
- Race Distance: 305.939 km
- Lap record: 1:10.540 Valtteri Bottas (2018)
- 2024 winner: Max Verstappen
Track Map



No he was P12 last year and took a 5 place grid drop, dropping him to P17.
F1.com also says it’s the first time he’s ever been out in Q1 purely based on pace.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/it-just-didnt-work-verstappen-reflects-on-unexpected-q1-exit-in-sao-paulo.7M8SBrZdPuLs5XqMq6ACUH