Brazilian Grand Prix – Key figures
The penultimate round of the 2022 Formula 1 season will take place on the legendary Interlagos track in Sao Paulo. Motors Inside takes a look at the key figures for the circuit.
305,909 km – This is the distance that the drivers will have to cover to complete the 71 laps of this Grand Prix.
4,309km – The distance of one lap around the Interlagos circuit.
12 – Record of victories, held by McLaren. Ferrari and then Williams follow with 11 and 6 wins.
49 – We will attend the 49th edition of the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend. Formula 1 has been to Interlagos 38 times and to Jacarepagua 10 times. Last year, the race was renamed the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
6 – Alain Prost is the driver who has won the most times in Brazil.
It is also the number of Brazilian drivers who have managed to win at least once in Formula 1: Carlos Pace, Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet, Ayrton Senna, Rubens Barrichello, and Felipe Massa.
218,458 km/h – Fastest average speed recorded during a Brazilian Grand Prix by Sergio Perez with his Red Bull in 2021.
1:07.281 – Record lap time held by Lewis Hamilton, achieved in 2018 to secure pole position during qualifying.
1 – In 2007, during the last race of the season, Kimi Räikkönen clinched his sole title as the Formula One Drivers’ World Champion with only one point ahead of his teammates Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso, both driving for McLaren.
9- Number of Brazilian victories in Brazil: Fittipaldi 1973 and 1974, Pace in 1975, Piquet 1983 and 1986, Senna in 1991 and 1993, and Massa in 2006 and 2008. This is also the record for victories by a nation, jointly held with Germany.
