2024 Formula 1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix Highlights

Scuderia Ferrari HP picked up 20 valuable points across the two 2025 Formula 1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix races at the Jose Carlos Pace circuit in what proved to be a pretty tough weekend for the team. There were ten points yesterday, with a third place for Charles and a fifth for Carlos. Then, at the end of a very demanding Sunday, which began at dawn with qualifying, came a further ten points courtesy of the Monegasque’s hard-fought fifth place.

It was a day to forget for Carlos Sainz, who crashed into the barriers both in Q2 this morning and again on lap 39 of the race when fighting for position outside the points. It means the Maranello squad is still second, now 36 points behind the leaders McLaren in the Constructors’.

Carlos Sainz #55

It’s definitely a Sunday to forget for me. I’m sorry to have given the team extra work on a day already super long. I’ve struggled with this car in the wet this year, and today, I just didn’t have the right feeling either. I tried to push and take risks to gain positions, which didn’t pay off. It’s a hard Sunday to digest, but we will turn the page and reset everything before Las Vegas.

Charles Leclerc #16

It was a very long and tricky race, and the drivers on the podium today are those who did not put a foot wrong, so they deserve it. I have mixed feelings about our race. On the one hand, it was a bit disappointing because we struggled to keep the car on track in these conditions, especially towards the end of the race, due to the way that we decided to set up our car for today. On the other hand, we finished ahead of both McLarens, which was a positive surprise and helped in our battle in the Constructors’ championship. We are heading home now to recharge for the final triple-header of this season, where we will give it our all to try to secure the team championship title.

Frédéric Vasseur – Team Principal

We have mixed feelings today as we were able to limit the damage in our fight with McLaren, but on the other hand, we should have also scored points with Carlos, not just with Charles. With both drivers, the timing of pit stops was not the best, but in general, we struggled a lot with the pace and in getting the tyres to the proper temperatures after every restart. At the final restart, Charles did very well to get ahead of Lando (Norris) and George (Russell), but the Mercedes could get past again, and Charles had to defend from Lando. As the stint progressed, his tyres were performing better, and he was able to bring home a P5. This weekend was a difficult one, but looking at this triple-header as a whole, we are still the team that has scored the most points, which is an excellent way to go into the season’s final three races. We will do our best to keep the fight open to Abu Dhabi.

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