Hamilton makes his 400th F1 start, Camara makes his debut and Antonelli could become the first driver to win the first race after winning their first title in 15 years. Here are the milestones and the records which could be broken at the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix!
The 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Milestones
The 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix will be the 1,169th race in World Championship history.
This will be the 53rd time that Formula 1 has raced in Brazil. The 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix will be the 43rd World Championship Grand Prix to be held at Interlagos.
This will be the first race weekend at Interlagos in which the Sprint format will not be used since 2019.
The 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix is only the second F1 race to take place on November 8. The 1992 Australian Grand Prix is the only previous race to have taken place on this date.
Lewis Hamilton will make his 400th start at the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. He is the second driver to reach the milestone. Fernando Alonso made his 400th start at the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix.
Rafael Camara will make his Formula 1 debut at the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. With Gabriel Bortoleto also racing, this will be the first race to feature two Brazilian drivers since the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, when Felipe Massa and Felipe Nasr were on the grid.
Camara is the first driver to make his Formula 1 debut in his home country since Markus Winkelhock at the 2007 European Grand Prix, which was held in Germany.
Haas become the first team to race with four different drivers in a single season since AlphaTauri in 2023.
Title Win For Mercedes?
Mercedes can win the Constructors’ Championship this weekend. If they do so, it will be the ninth time they have won the title, equalling Williams for third on the list of most Constructors’ Championship victories. It would be their first title win since 2021.
This would be the sixth time that the Constructors’ Championship has been decided in Brazil, after 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2018. Interlagos would overtake Watkins Glen for third on the list of circuits which have decided the most Constructors’ Championship titles.
The Formula 1 Records Which Could Be Broken
Kimi Antonelli was crowned World Champion for the first time in Mexico. Should he win the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, this would be a rare occasion on which a driver wins the race after they were crowned champion for the first time. Sebastian Vettel was the last driver to do so, at the 2011 Australian Grand Prix. Only six drivers have done so in history: Alberto Ascari, Graham Hill, Niki Lauda, Alan Jones, Michael Schumacher and Vettel.
A victory for Kimi Antonelli this weekend would make him the fourth driver to have won as many as ten Grands Prix with Mercedes. He would equal Valtteri Bottas for third on the list of most wins with the team, behind Lewis Hamilton (84) and Nico Rosberg (23).
A win from pole position for Max Verstappen would see him equal Michael Schumacher for the second-most wins from pole in F1 history. Verstappen has won 39 races from pole to date, compared to Schumacher’s 40. Only Lewis Hamilton sits ahead of them on the list, having converted 61 of his poles into wins.
A podium finish for Lando Norris would see him become the 19th driver to reach 50 top three finishes in Formula 1, equalling Jenson Button for 18th on the all-time list. He would also overtake Lewis Hamilton for fifth place on the list of most podium finishes with McLaren, as well as equalling Button for fourth place on the list of most top three results for a British driver.
If Oscar Piastri or Charles Leclerc win, they will join a list of eight other drivers who have won as many as ten Grands Prix without ever winning the title.
A sixth place finish for Carlos Sainz or Fernando Alonso will see them equal Felipe Massa for the most sixth place finishes in F1 history. Massa recorded 27 sixth place finishes during his career, while Sainz and Alonso have had 26 to date.
With Kimi Antonelli having taken his maiden win at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix, there are now 13 previous Grand Prix winners on the grid. If another driver takes a maiden victory this year, the next race will be the first time since the 1980 British Grand Prix that as many as 14 previous winners have lined up on the grid.
A pole position for Charles Leclerc would see him equal Nigel Mansell for eighth on the list of most poles with a single team. Mansell took 28 poles with Williams during his career, while Leclerc has taken 27 poles with Ferrari to date.
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 third place finish for Lewis Hamilton or Charles Leclerc would make Ferrari the first constructor to record 300 third place finishes in Formula 1.
A fastest lap for Max Verstappen would be his 39th, overtaking Sebastian Vettel for fifth on the list of most fastest laps.
If Max Verstappen leads from start to finish, this would be the 20th Grand Prix which he has led from lights to flag. That would see him overtake Ayrton Senna for second on the list of most races led from start to end. Only Lewis Hamilton, on 23, has led more races from start to end than Verstappen and Senna.
Max Verstappen extended his record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1 at the 2026 Mexico City Grand Prix. He’ll become the first driver to win from 12 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st or 22nd on the grid.
A points finish for Nico Hulkenberg would see him overtake Jenson Button for sixth on the list of longest points scoring periods in Formula 1. Hulkenberg scored his first points at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix, over 16 years ago.
If Gabriel Bortoleto wins the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to take his maiden win at home since Johnny Herbert at the 1995 British Grand Prix. He would be the tenth driver in total to take his first Grand Prix victory at home.
The Sao Paulo Grand Prix Records On Offer
Michael Schumacher holds the record for the most wins at Interlagos, having taken four victories at the track. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are both able to catch that record this weekend, should they win the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Ferrari and McLaren are currently tied for the most wins at Interlagos, with nine victories apiece. Either team could set a new outright record this weekend and become the first to reach ten victories at the track.
Ferrari lead the way for the most podium finishes at Interlagos, with 28. They could become the first team to record as many as 30 top three finishes here in the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, while McLaren could equal Ferrari’s existing tally – but only if both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finish in the top three with no Ferrari driver on the podium.
Fernando Alonso is one top three finish away from equalling Michael Schumacher’s record of ten podium finishes at Interlagos.
A fastest lap for Lewis Hamilton would see him equal Michael Schumacher’s record of five fastest laps at Interlagos.
Michael Schumacher’s record of 236 laps led at Interlagos could be surpassed this weekend. Max Verstappen will pass Schumacher’s tally if he leads nine or more laps of the race, while Lewis Hamilton will catch Schumacher if he leads 53 laps of the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen, Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson will each want to maintain their 100% points-scoring records in Brazil.
2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Qualifying Records
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen, Felipe Massa and Rubens Barrichello for the most poles at Interalgos, with three. He could become the first driver in history to reach four poles at the track in qualifying for the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, while Valtteri Bottas, Max Verstappen or Lando Norris could join the current record holders.
Oscar Piastri, Kimi Antonelli, Isack Hadjar, Charles Leclerc and Liam Lawson will be hoping to maintain their 100% Q3 appearance records at Interlagos.
Longevity Records on Offer for Alonso
Fernando Alonso’s last win came at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. A victory at any race in 2026 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between wins in F1 history, by quite a margin. Riccardo Patrese holds the current record, having waited 6 years, 6 months and 28 days between wins at the 1983 South African Grand Prix and the 1990 San Marino Grand Prix.
A podium finish for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2026 would see him overtake Alain Prost for fifth on the list of most podium finishes in Formula 1. Both drivers have recorded 106 top three finishes.
If Fernando Alonso leads a race, he would become only the third driver – after Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – to have led a lap of a Grand Prix in as many as 16 different seasons.
A victory for Fernando Alonso in 2026 would make him only the fourth driver – after Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart and Alain Prost to have won with as many as four different constructors during his Formula 1 career.