As Bortoleto becomes the first Brazilian driver to race at his home event since 2017, Hamilton or Verstappen could equal Schumacher for the most Interlagos wins and Britain could become the first nation to reach 800 podium finishes. Here are the milestones and records which could be broken at the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix!
THE 2025 SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX MILESTONES
The 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix will be the 1,146th World Championship event in Formula 1 history.
This will be the 52nd time that Formula 1 has raced in Brazil. The 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix will be the 42nd World Championship Grand Prix to be held at Interlagos.
Gabriel Bortoleto will become the first Brazilian driver to take part in his home race since Felipe Massa at the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix.
The 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix is the second time that an F1 race has taken place on November 9. The 2014 Brazilian Grand Prix is the only other race which has taken place on this day.
This will be the 42nd F1 race to take place at Interlagos. It means that Interlagos will overtake the Nurburgring as the circuit which has hosted the sixth-most F1 races in World Championship history.
Lap 30 of the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix will be the 2,700th Grand Prix racing lap at Interlagos in the track’s history on the F1 calendar.
The 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix will host the fifth Sprint weekend of the 2025 F1 season. This will be the 23rd Sprint event in total. It will be the fifth time that Interlagos has hosted the Sprint format, having hosted it in every season since the format was first introduced.
THE FORMULA 1 RECORDS WHICH COULD BE BROKEN
All of the last six races have been won from pole position. Another win from pole at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix would make this the first time that seven races in a row have been won from pole since the seven races between the 2019 United States Grand Prix and the 2020 British Grand Prix.
If Lance Stroll fails to win this weekend, he’ll overtake Kevin Magnussen for third place on the list of most starts without a victory. Only Nico Hulkenberg and Andrea de Cesaris will remain ahead of him on the list.
If two British drivers finish on the podium, Britain will become the first nation to record 800 podium finishes in Formula 1.
Should Max Verstappen or Yuki Tsunoda lead the race, Red Bull will become the fourth constructor – after Ferrari, McLaren and Williams – to have led as many as 200 Grands Prix.
A pole position for Max Verstappen would see the Netherlands equal Italy for sixth place on the list of most poles for a nation in Formula 1.
If McLaren lock out the front row for the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, this will be the team’s 70th front row lock-out. They will become the second constructor to reach the milestone, after Mercedes who did so at the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.
If Oscar Piastri wins the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, he will join a list of nine other drivers – including his team-mate – who’ve won as many as ten Grands Prix without ever winning the title.
A victory for Lando Norris would see him equal Felipe Massa and Rubens Barrichello for fourth on the list of most Grand Prix wins without a title.
A pole position at any Grand Prix in 2025 for Kimi Antonelli, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto or Isack Hadjar would make them the youngest Grand Prix polesitter in F1 history.
Max Verstappen holds the record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1. He’ll become the first driver to win from 11 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th or 20th on the grid.
If Max Verstappen wins the race without having started from pole position, it will be the 33rd race which he has won from a position other than pole. That would see him equal Alain Prost for third place on the list of most Grand Prix victories away from pole position.
A Grand Slam for Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton – winning from pole position having led every lap and set the fastest lap – would be their seventh Grand Slam. It would see them take outright second place on the list of most Grand Slams in F1, behind only Jim Clark.
A win for Lewis Hamilton would make him the 16th driver to have won Grands Prix with as many as three different teams.
A win for Ferrari would make 2025 the 60th season in which they’ve won a Grand Prix.
A victory for a Ferrari-powered car this weekend would make Ferrari the first engine manufacturer to have powered 250 victories in Formula 1. Of the 249 previous victories, Sebastian Vettel’s with Toro Rosso at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix is the only one which was not taken in a Ferrari chassis.
If Gabriel Bortoleto wins the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to take his maiden F1 victory on home soil since Johnny Herbert at the 1995 British Grand Prix.
THE SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX RECORDS ON OFFER
Victory for Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen at the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix would see them equal Michael Schumacher as the driver with the most wins at Interlagos. Schumacher won at the track four times during his career.
Max Verstappen has won the last two Interlagos races. Another win this weekend would see him become the first driver to secure three successive wins at the track.
Ferrari lead the way for most wins at Interlagos. They could become the first team to win here on ten occasions at the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, while McLaren could equal Ferrari’s current record.
McLaren currently hold the record for most F1 wins overall in Brazil, with 12. Ferrari could equal the record at the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Victory for a Red Bull driver would see the team equal the record for the longest winning streak for a team at Interlagos. Ferrari won in three successive years from 2006 to 2008, Red Bull previously won three in a row from 2009 to 2011, while Mercedes won all three races from 2014 to 2016.
A top three finish for Fernando Alonso at the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix would see him equal Michael Schumacher as the driver with the most top three finishes at Interlagos. Schumacher finished in the top three on ten occasions at the track during his career.
Fernando Alonso is tied with Michael Schumacher for both the most points-scoring appearances and most top ten finishes at Interlagos, with 16. Alonso could move clear at the top of the list in the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, while Lewis Hamilton could equal the existing record.
Max Verstappen holds a 100% points-finishing rate at Interlagos. Should he score points again this weekend, he will become the second driver – after Michael Schumacher – to have scored on all of his first ten appearances at the track.
Liam Lawson is in a group of five drivers with a 100% point-scoring record at Interlagos, along with Didier Pironi, Gunnar Nilsson, Jackie Stewart and Max Verstappen. He’ll be hoping to stay in the group at the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
If Lewis Hamilton sets the fastest lap in the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, he will equal Michael Schumacher’s record of five fastest laps at Interlagos.
Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton could overtake Michael Schumacher as the driver who has led the most Grand Prix laps at Interlagos. Verstappen would need to lead 13 laps of the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix to do so, while Hamilton would need to lead 53 laps to do so.
Ferrari lead the way for most laps led at Interlagos, having led 520 laps at the track. Their record could be overtaken in the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix by Red Bull (if they lead 31 laps in the race) or by McLaren (if they lead 32 laps in the race).
Germany and Britain are tied as the nations with the most podium finishes at Interlagos, with 23 apiece. Either nation could set a new outright record this weekend.
Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton currently share the record for the most runner-up finishes at Interlagos with Kimi Raikkonen. Either driver could become the first to have finished second on four occasions at the track this weekend.
2025 SAO PAULO GRAND PRIX: QUALIFYING RECORDS
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen, Felipe Massa and Rubens Barrichello for the most pole positions at Interlagos. Hamilton could become the first driver to record four pole positions at the track in qualifying for the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, while the current record could be equalled by Max Verstappen.
A pole position for a British driver at the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix would see Britain equal Brazil as the nation with the most poles at Interlagos.
There have been four different polesitters in the last four races at Interlagos. Should a driver other than Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen or Lando Norris take pole for the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, it will equal the longest streak of different polesitters at Interlagos. Five different drivers also took pole from 2008 to 2012. Note that George Russell started from pole in 2024, but pole position was credited to Kevin Magnussen, who was fastest in qualifying for the Sprint.
No one has qualified in the top ten at Interlagos on more occasions than Michael Schumacher. His record of 17 top ten qualifying results at the track could be equalled in qualifying for the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix by Fernando Alonso.
Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri and Liam Lawson will be hoping to maintain their 100% Q3 appearance records at Interlagos this weekend. Sebastien Bourdais is the only other driver who never missed out on Q3 here in his career.
Fernando Alonso has the most Q3 appearances at Interlagos, with 15. His record could be equalled by Lewis Hamilton.
A Q1 exit for Lance Stroll would see him equal Heikki Kovalainen’s record of five Q1 eliminations at Interlagos.
LONGEVITY RECORDS ON OFFER FOR HAMILTON AND ALONSO
A win for Lewis Hamilton would see him move into the top ten of Formula 1’s oldest Grand Prix winners. He’d also become the second-oldest British driver to win a Formula 1 race, behind only Nigel Mansell.
A victory for Fernando Alonso would make him the sport’s fifth oldest winner – and the oldest since Juan Manuel Fangio at the 1957 German Grand Prix. Only nine drivers have won races at the age of over 40. The most recent driver to do so was Nigel Mansell, at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton in 2025 would make him the first driver in his 40s to take pole position since Nigel Mansell at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. He would be the sixth driver to take a pole position above the age of 40.
A win for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2025 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between two Formula 1 victories, with his last having come at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. The current record is 6 years, 6 months and 28 days, set by Riccardo Patrese.
A pole position for Fernando Alonso in 2025 would make him the sport’s fourth-oldest polesitter. He would be the oldest polesitter since Jack Brabham at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix.